Guitare et tambourin [English translation]

It happened on a nice morning

A tambourine followed the chorus of a guitar

For everywhere from Tahiti to the Volga

Immediately to be the same

And fly the pretty damsels

Like turtle doves going away to dance

In flock like the swallows

Flying away swiftly in the summer sun

It happened on a nice morning

A tambourine followed the chorus of balalaïkas

Immediately the girl in tears

Forgets her heart in the poppies

Along the Volga

And dance, dance under the arbors

The poor damsel that cried so much

And start again before the engagement

The kisses in the straw behind the mills

It happened on a nice morning

A tambourine followed the chorus of a guitar

Immediately in Tahiti the vahine

Went in the waters to drop the mooring

And fly the pretty damsel

Like a turtle dove going away to dance

Sail the beauty, sail on the laguna

The waves under the moon have the taste of kisses.

In Tahiti or in Capri

Like over there on the Volga.