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

I am the heir of the Place Dauphine

And the Place Blanche looks bad

The trucks are full of milk

The street-sweepers are full of brooms

It is five o'clock (a.m.)

Paris wake up

Paris wake up

Transvestites are going to shave

The strippers are dressed again

Bolsters are crushed

The lovers are tired

It is five o'clock (a.m.)

Paris wake up

Paris wake up

The cafe is in the cups

waiters clean the mirror

And on the Boulevard Montparnasse

The station is a carcass

It is five o'clock (a.m.)

Paris wake up

Paris wake up

Suburbanite are in stations

At La Villette we slice the bacon

Paris by night, return to the coaches

The bakers are making bread

It is five o'clock (a.m.)

Paris wake up

Paris wake up

The Eiffel Tower has cold feet

The Arc de Triomphe is revived

And the Obelisk is drawn

Between night and day

It is five o'clock (a.m.)

Paris wake up

Paris wake up

The newspapers are printed

The workers are feeling down

People get up, they are bullied

It is the time where I’m going to bed

It is five o'clock (a.m.)

Paris get up

It is five o'clock

I don’t want to sleep