La faute à Voltaire [Little People] [English translation]

GAVROCHE

I fell on the ground

That's Voltaire's fault

Nose in the stream

That's Rousseau's fault

I am not a notary,

That's Voltaire's fault

I'm a fledgeling*1

That's Rousseau's fault

CHILDREN

He fell on the ground,

That's Voltaire's fault

Nose in the stream

That's Rousseau's fault

If you are not a notary,

That's Voltaire's fault

You are a fledgeling*,

That's Rousseau's fault

GAVROCHE

I fell on the ground,

Even God does not know how

I have no father nor mother

Who recognise me as their child

I have made myself a family

With those who don't have one

Merry lads in ragged clothing

With a large heart like that

CHILDREN

He fell on the ground,

That's Voltaire's fault

Nose in the stream

That's Rousseau's fault

Your personality is joyful,

That's Voltaire's fault

Misery is your trousseau,

That's the fault of Rousseau

GAVROCHE

I am a barefooter

But, bare or not, the foot walks even so

I take whatever I please

In order to pay, no problem

I thumb my nose

At merchants and their women

CHILDREN

And in order to catch you again

They need more than a gendarme2

GAVROCHE

I am known everywhere

From Clignancourt to Belleville

I am loved by everyone

Except for by the sergeants of the city

I live on whatever comes my way

And on whatever does not

Without knowing in advance

The menu of the next meal

Misery is my trousseau

CHILDREN

That's the fault of Rousseau

They are ugly there in Nanterre

GAVROCHE

That's the fault of Voltaire

CHILDREN

They are stupid there in Palaiseau

GAVROCHE

That's the fault of Rousseau

CHILDREN

And if you are not a notary

GAVROCHE

That's Voltaire's fault

CHILDREN

You are a fledgeling

GAVROCHE

That's Rousseau's fault

CHILDREN

He fell on the ground,

That's Voltaire's fault

Nose is in the stream

That's Rousseau's fault

If you are not a notary,

That's Voltaire's fault

You are a fledgeling*,

That's Rousseau's fault

You are a fledgeling*,

That's Rousseau's fault

1. Originally - a little bird 2. A policeman

• Artist:Les Misérables (Musical)