Les cornichons [English translation]

4.3.6 On Saturday, we all left, in a big vehicle1

4.4.4 To go enjoy a nice picnic in the outdoors

4.3.3.3 Taking with us some baskets, bottles, and packages

4 The radio!

4 Jars of pickles2

4 And some mustard

2.2 Butter and bread

4 Cocktail onions

4 Some jars of jam3

1.3 And hard-boiled eggs

4 And some pickles!

1.3 Some salt-cured beef4

1.3 And breakfast toast5

4 Some macaroons

1.3 And a corkscrew

4 Shortbread cookies6

1.3 And then some beer

4 And some pickles!

4.3.6 We had all that we needed; Mama made sure of it7

6.6 She'd worked on it for three whole days without a break

4.3.3.3 Preparing all the baskets, bottles, and packages

1.3 The radio!

4 The cold chicken

4 The mayonnaise

4 And the chocolate

4 And the mushrooms

4 Can-openers

1.3 And tomatoes

4 And the pickles!8

4.3.6 But by the time we got there, it had started to rain9

6.6 The umbrellas were what we'd forgotten to bring!10

4.3.3.3 So we brought back the baskets, bottles, and packages

1.3 The radio!

4 We all got back

6 Home to enjoy it all:

3.3 All the cans and the cheese11

4.1.4 All of the jams, and the pickles, too

3.3 The mustard and butter

4.1.4 The mayonnaise, and the pickles, too

3.3 The chicken, breakfast toast

3.2.4 Hard-boiled eggs and all the pickles, too!

1. lit. "in a big car"2. lit. "some gherkins"3. lit. "jams"4. lit. "some corned beef"5. also called "Melba toast." Since they're usually eaten for breakfast, I opted for "breakfast toast" (for meter purposes)6. also called "shortbread biscuits." These: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petit-Beurre7. lit. "We had forgotten nothing, Mama's the one who prepared it (all of the picnic stuff) all"8. notice the shift in this stanza - in the previous stanzas, indefinite articles were used, while definite articles are used in this stanza9. lit. "But, when we got there, we found the rain"10. lit. "What we had forgotten was the umbrellas"11. lit. "the cheese and the boxes," with "boxes" referring to canned food

• Artist:Nino Ferrer
• Album:Enregistrement public