La pulce d'acqua [English translation]

It's the water flea

That stole you shadow

And you are now ill;

and the autumn fly

that you have squashed

will not forgive you.

At the water of the creek

you perhaps lean too far,

you call your shadow,

but it will not return.

It's the water flea

That stole your shadow

And you are now ill

and the green snake

that you have squasched

will not forgive you.

And now you have to sing for a long time

to make it forgive you;

and the water flea that knows it

will give you back your shadow.