La source [English translation]

It sings in the middle of the wood

The spring, and I wonder

whether one should believe this legend

About a girl who was found there

She was fair, she was gentle

She was fond of resting

In the woods, lying on the moss

Listening to the singing birds

One day, when she went to town

Through the wood where she used to walk by

Suddenly she saw

Three men watching her

Three men watching her

It sings in the middle of the wood

The spring, and I wonder

If one should believe this legend

About a girl who was found there

The three were here waiting for her

Three wolfmen, for this sheep{2x}

Her flesh was too tender

They were too hungry

As she didn't know how to fight for

The light breath of her life

She fell down on the new grass

As a bird falls from its nest

As a bird falls from its nest

It sings in the middle of the wood

The spring, and I wonder

If one should believe this legend

About a girl who was found there

When she was picked up from the ground

As a big cut flower

Her white dress and the light,

She looked like a bride

When she was picked up from the ground

It looked like a great bed

Among the leaves and the rocks

A clear spring gushed out

A clear spring gushed out

It sings in the middle of the wood

The spring, and I wonder

Whether one should believe this legend

About a girl who was found there

It sings in the middle of the wood

The spring, and I wonder

Whether one should believe this legend

About a girl who was found there

Lai lai lai la la la lai la

lai lai lai la la la lai la

Lai lai lai la la la lai la

About a girl who was found there.

• Artist:Isabelle Aubret
• Album:Eurovision Song Contest 1968