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May I Offer You “Un Cadeau de Mai” (A May Present)? Posted by on May 9, 2013 in Culture, Vocabulary

 Since the month of May is not over yet, may I offer you an old popular French poem?

Drôle de coïncidence (funny coincidence) perhaps, this poem happens to be precisely about offering presents during the month of May.

 QUE DONNERAI-JE À MON AMIE EN MAI? (WHAT SHALL I GIVE TO MY FRIEND IN MAY?)

Que donnerai-je à mon amie ? 

What shall I give to my friend?

Le premier de mai ?

On May first?

Un bouquet de roses 

A bouquet of roses

Et la perdrix vole

And the partridge flies

Qui vole

Which flies

Et le pigeon va, toujours va !

And the pigeon goes, always goes!

Que donnerai-je à mon amie

What will I give to my friend

Le second de mai ?

On the second of May?

Ce sont deux tourterelles

They are two turtledoves

Un bouquet de roses

A bouquet of roses

Et la perdrix vole

And the partridge flies

Qui vole

Which flies

Et le pigeon va, toujours va !

And the prigeon goes, always goes! 

Que donnerai-je à mon amie

What shall I give to my friend

Le troisième de mai?

On the third of May?

Trois bouquets de violettes

Three bouquets of violets

Que donnerai-je à mon amie

What will I give to my friend

Le quatre de mai?

On the fourth of May?

Quatre canards qui volent 

Four ducks that fly

Que donnerai-je à mon amie 

What shall I give to my friend

Le cinquième de mai?

On the fifth of May?

Cinq dindons qui volent 

Five turkeys that fly

Le sixième de mai ?

The sixth of May?

Six brebis toutes blanches

Six plain white ewes

Que donnerai-je à mon amie  

What shall I give to my friend

Le septième de mai ?

On the seventh of May?

Sept taureaux qui beuglent 

Seven bulls that moo

Que donnerai-je à mon amie 

What shall I give to my friend

Le huitième de mai ?

On the eighth of May?

Huit bœufs qui labourent 

Eight oxes that plow

Que donnerai-je à mon amie 

What shall I give to my friend

Pour le reste de mai ?

For the rest of May?

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