Oh! If in your village

Oh! If in your village

dwells a sensitive, charming shepherd,

beloved at first sight

and then even more dearly loved,

Oh!, he is my friend, give him to me.

I have his love, he has my faith!

If his tender and plaintive voice

charms the echo of your woodlands,

if the sound of his pipe

makes the shepherdess pensive,

it is he. Give him to me.

I have his love, he has my faith!

If the poor man, passing his hut

and seeing his flock,

dares beg for a lamb

and receives the mother as well,

it is he. Give him to me.

I have his love, he has my faith!