La Cage Aux Oiseaux Lyrics in English Pierre Perret
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Cage Aux Oiseaux by Pierre Perret from French to English.
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Ouvrez ouvrez la cage aux oiseaux
Open open the birdcage
Regardez-les s'envoler c'est beau
Watch them fly away it's beautiful
Les enfants si vous voyez
Children if you see
Des p'tits oiseaux prisonniers
Little imprisoned birds
Ouvrez-leur la porte vers la liberté
Open the door to freedom for them
Un p'tit dé à coudre
A little thimble
Et trois goutt' d'eau dedans
And three drops of water inside
Au d'ssus du perchoir
Above the perch
Un os de seiche tout blanc
A white cuttlefish bone
Et un petit piaf triste de vivre en prison
And a little sad to live in prison
Ça met du soleil dans la maison
It brings sunshine into the house
C'est c' que vous diront
This is what you will say
Quelques rentiers vicelards
A few perverted rentiers
Des vieux schnocks
Old geezers
Qui n'ont qu' des trous d'air
Which only have air holes
Dans l' cigare
In the cigar
Une fois dans vot' vie
Once in your life
Vous qui êtes pas comme eux
You who are not like them
Faites un truc qui vous rendra heureux
Do something that will make you happy
Si vot' concierge fait cui-cui sur son balcon
If your concierge is cooking on his balcony
Avec ses perruches importées du Japon
With its parakeets imported from Japan
Ses canaris jaunes et ses bengalis
His yellow canaries and his Bengalis
A vot' tour faites leur guili-guili
It's your turn to make their guili-guili
Sournoisement exclamez vous
Slyly you exclaim
Dieu! quel plumage!
God! what plumage!
Mais chère Madame
But dear Madam
On vous demande au 3ème étage
We want you on the 3rd floor
Et dès que la bignole aura l' dos tourné
And as soon as the big girl's back is turned
Même si on doit pas vous l' pardonner
Even if we shouldn't forgive you
Ouvrez, ouvrez la cage aux oiseaux
Open, open the birdcage
Regardez les s'envoler, c'est beau
Watch them fly away, it's beautiful
les enfants si vous voyez
children if you see
Des petits oiseaux prisonniers
Little imprisoned birds
Ouvrez-leur la porte vers la liberté
Open the door to freedom for them
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