by
Michel Veber (1896 - 1965), as Nino
Le petit chat est mort
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
C'est le vilain monsieur de la maison voisine
Qui a tué minet d'un coup de carabine.
Nous l'avons mis en terre au fond du jardinet;
Près de lui j'ai posé la poupée de baudruche,
La bobine de fil, le coussin de peluche
Où ronronnait Minet.
Et depuis la pluie tombe et mouille le jardin
Le vieux marronier pleure sur la petite tombe;
Les feuilles on du chagrin.
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The little cat is dead", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 67
The little cat is dead
Language: English  after the French (Français)
It's the villainous man from the house next door
Who killed kitty with a carbine shot.
We laid him to rest at the end of the little garden;
Near him I placed a rag doll,
A spool of thread, the shaggy cushion
Where kitty purred.
And since the rain has fallen and wet the garden
The old chesnut tree weeps over the little grave;
The leaves are grieving.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Michel Veber (1896 - 1965), as Nino
This text was added to the website: 2016-04-14
Line count: 9
Word count: 68