Le petit jardin [English translation]

It was a little garden

that had the nice smell of the Métro

that had the nice smell of Paris region

It was a little garden

with a table and a garden chair,

with an apple tree and a fir tree

in a backyard near Chaussée-d'Antin1

(chorus)

But one day, near the garden,

a man walked by, and this man wore

a concrete flower on his lapel.

In the garden, a voice sang:

"I beg you, I beg you, Mr. real estate developer

I beg you, I beg you, preserve this grace

I beg you, I beg you, Mr. real estate developer

don't cut my flowers."

It was a little garden

that had the nice smell of the Métro

that had the nice smell of Paris region

It was a little garden

with a robin in its fir tree

with a man gardening

in a backyard near Chaussée-d'Antin

(chorus)

It was a little garden

that had the nice smell of the Métro

Replacing the little garden

stands an entrance to an underground parking

where downtown cars are

packed like cinder blocks.

It was a little garden

in a backyard near Chaussée-d'Antin.

It was a little garden

in a backyard near Chaussée-d'Antin.

1. a metro station

• Artist:Jacques Dutronc