Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille [English translation]

I am the heir of Place Dauphine

And the Place Blanche is looking ill

The trucks are full of milk

The sweepers are full of brooms

It is five o'clock

Paris awakes

Paris awakes

Transvestites shave

Strippers are dressed again

Pillows are crushed

Lovers are tired

It is five o'clock

Paris awakes

Paris awakes

Coffee is in the cups

Cafés clean their windows

And on the boulevard Montparnasse

The station is but a shell

It is five o'clock

Paris awakes

Paris awakes

Suburb commuters are in the stations

At La Villette bacon is sliced

"Paris by night" return to their coaches

Bakers are making bread

It is five o'clock

Paris awakes

Paris awakes

The Eiffel Tower has cold feet

The Arc de Triomphe is revived

And the Obelisk marks the line

Between night and day

It is five o'clock

Paris awakes

Paris awakes

Newspapers are printed

Workers are depressed

People get up, feeling harassed

It's time for me to go to bed

It is five o'clock

Paris rises

It is five o'clock

I don’t feel sleepy

• Artist:Jacques Dutronc