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style='padding-right: 0px;'><img src='/pandora/1968/fr1.jpg' name='artist' alt='[]' /></td> <td> <table class='innerbox' cellspacing='0px'> <tr><th colspan='2' style='padding: 1px;'><div class='infohead2'><h1><a title='1968' href='/?1968'>1968</a> - <a title='France' href='/?fr'>France</a></h1></div></th></tr> <tr><td class='infol'>Performed by:</td> <td class='infor'>Isabelle Aubret</td></tr> <tr><td class='infol'>Music by:</td> <td class='infor'>Daniel Faure</td></tr> <tr><td class='infol'>Lyrics by:</td> <td class='infor'>Henri Djian, Guy Bonnet</td></tr> <tr><td class='infol'>Conductor:</td> <td class='infor'>Alain Goraguer</td></tr> <tr><td class='infol'>Language:</td> <td class='infor'>French</td></tr> <tr><td class='infol'>Placing:</td> <td class='infor'>3rd (20 points)</td></tr> <tr><td class='infol'>Other versions:</td> <td class='infor'><a href='/?1968fr11' title=''><span class='title'>German</span></a></td></tr> </table> <div class='more_info'><a id='more_info' href='/?info.1968fr'>MORE INFO >></a></div> </td> </tr></table> </center><script type='text/javascript'> </script> <a name='main'></a> <br /> <center> <table width='100%' class='text' id='lyrics-table'> <tr> <td width='50%'><h2>La source</h2></td> <td width='50%'><h2>The source</h2></td> </tr> <tr><td>Elle chante au milieu du bois, la source, et je me demande</td> <td>The source sings in the middle of the wood, and I wonder</td></tr> <tr><td>S'il faut croire à cette légende d'une fille qu'on y trouva</td> <td>If I should believe this legend of a girl they found there</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Elle était blonde, elle était douce</td> <td>She was blonde, she was gentle</td></tr> <tr><td>Elle aimait à se reposer</td> <td>She liked to rest</td></tr> <tr><td>Dans le bois, couchée sur la mousse</td> <td>In the wood, lying down on the moss</td></tr> <tr><td>Écoutant les oiseaux chanter</td> <td>Listening to the birds singing</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Un jour qu'elle allait à la ville</td> <td>One day she was going to town</td></tr> <tr><td>Par le bois où elle passait</td> <td>Through the woods, that she passed by</td></tr> <tr><td>Elle vit soudain, immobiles</td> <td>She suddenly saw, motionless</td></tr> <tr><td>Trois hommes qui la regardaient</td> <td>Three men looking at her</td></tr> <tr><td>Trois hommes qui la regardaient</td> <td>Three men looking at her</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Elle chante au milieu du bois, la source, et je me demande</td> <td>The source sings in the middle of the wood, and I wonder</td></tr> <tr><td>S'il faut croire à cette légende d'une fille qu'on y trouva</td> <td>If I should believe this legend of a girl they found there</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Ils étaient là, trois, à l'attendre</td> <td>They were three, there, waiting for her</td></tr> <tr><td>Trois hommes loups, cette brebis</td> <td>Three men-wolves, this lamb</td></tr> <tr><td>Elle avait la chair bien trop tendre</td> <td>Her flesh was much too tender</td></tr> <tr><td>Ils avaient bien trop d'appétit</td> <td>They had too much appetite</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Elle ne savait pas défendre</td> <td>She didn't know how to defend</td></tr> <tr><td>Le souffle léger de sa vie</td> <td>The fragile breath of her life</td></tr> <tr><td>Elle tomba sur l'herbe tendre</td> <td>She fell down on the soft grass</td></tr> <tr><td>Comme un oiseau tombe du nid</td> <td>Like a bird falls from the nest</td></tr> <tr><td>Comme un oiseau tombe du nid</td> <td>Like a bird falls from the nest</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Elle chante au milieu du bois, la source, et je me demande</td> <td>The source sings in the middle of the wood, and I wonder</td></tr> <tr><td>S'il faut croire à cette légende d'une fille qu'on y trouva</td> <td>If I should believe this legend of a girl they found there</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Quand on l'a soulevée de terre</td> <td>When they picked her up from the ground</td></tr> <tr><td>Comme une grande fleur coupée</td> <td>Like a big cut flower</td></tr> <tr><td>Sa robe blanche et la lumière</td> <td>Her white dress and the light</td></tr> <tr><td>On aurait dit une mariée</td> <td>She looked like a bride</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Quand on l'a soulevée de terre</td> <td>When they picked her up from the ground</td></tr> <tr><td>On aurait dit comme un grand lis</td> <td>She looked like a big lily</td></tr> <tr><td>Entre les feuilles, entre les pierres</td> <td>Among the leaves, among the rocks</td></tr> <tr><td>Une claire source a jailli</td> <td>A pure source gushed out</td></tr> <tr><td>Une claire source a jailli</td> <td>A pure source gushed out</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>Elle chante au milieu du bois, la source, et je me demande</td> <td>The source sings in the middle of the wood, and I wonder</td></tr> <tr><td>S'il faut croire à cette légende d'une fille qu'on y trouva</td> <td>If I should believe this legend of a girl they found there</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>S'il faut croire à cette légende d'une fille qu'on y trouva</td> <td>If I should believe this legend of a girl they found there</td></tr> </table> </center> <br /> <div class='notes'> <p>Translation by Morgan Trouillet.</p> </div> </div> <table id='footer' style='width: 100%; border-top: dotted 1px #000000;'> <tr><td width='50px'></td> <td width='100%'><p>If you spot any errors on this page, please don't hesitate to <a title='Contact' href='/?contact.1968fr'>tell us</a>. 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