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

I am heir to the Place Dauphine

and the Place Blanche is looking ill

the delivery trucks are full of milk

the street-sweepers are full of brooms

It's 5 o'clock

Paris awakes

Paris awakes

transvestites go to have a shave

the striptease artists go to dress

the pillows are completely pressed

the lovers full of tiredness

It's 5 o'clock

Paris awakes

Paris awakes

the coffee is in the coffee cups

cafes are cleaning mirrors and glass

and on the Boulevard Montparnasse

the station's just an empty shell

It's 5 o'clock

Paris awakes

Paris awakes

The commuters are in the stations

at La Villette they slice the bacon

Paris by night regains the buses

The bakers make their batard loaves

It's 5 o'clock

Paris awakes

Paris awakes

The Eiffel Tower has got cold feet

The Arc de Triomphe is revived

The Obelisque looks very well

in the light between the day and night

It's 5 o'clock

Paris awakes

Paris awakes

The newspapers are off the press

The labourers, the most depressed

the people rise and feel harassed

It's time for me to go to bed

It's 5 o'clock

Paris arises

It's 5 o'clock

but I can't sleep

• Artist:Jacques Dutronc