La fille damnée [English translation]

"Tell me, how many deniers do you need

For you, blacksmith, to shoe my steed?"

"It will cost you five sous, my prince

Only one denier and five sous."

I can hear

I can hear

The damned girl singing

I can hear

As the moon rises

I can hear the bird singing

My sweet, my so sweet girl

Running through the night

"When you place the first horseshoe,

He shall call you 'my good father'.

When you hammer the first nail,

He shall call you 'my father'."

I can hear

I can hear

The damned girl singing

I can hear

As the moon rises

I can hear the bird singing

My sweet, my so sweet girl

Running through the night

"Who the devil shall call me 'father'?

Tell me who it is at once."

"It is your daughter, your dear daughter Jeanne,

Your deceased and interred daughter."

I can hear

I can hear

The damned girl singing

I can hear

As the moon rises

I can hear the bird singing

My sweet, my so sweet girl

Running through the night

"Tell me, daughter, who is it that damned you

Over there on the heath and wheat?"

"That man, along the sea,

Everyday he would meet me there."

I can hear

I can hear

The damned girl singing

I can hear

As the moon rises

I can hear the bird singing

My sweet, my so sweet girl

Running through the night

"Take away my body, my heart and my dress,

You have to set fire to them under the moonlight.

You shall throw away my ashes through the brume.

You shall finally throw them away in the wind."

I can hear

I can hear

The damned girl singing

I can hear

As the moon rises

I can hear the bird singing

My sweet, my so sweet girl

Running through the night

• Artist:Cécile Corbel
• Album:Songbook Vol. 2