Smiles launched by the carefree sling
To star studded inky nights celebrating the silence
Spring is in the air 1
Summer’s parking its Rolls in the village square at Fillols 2
The children clap their hands, there’s no school tomorrow
Spring is in the air
The outstretched hands of a kid coming home
From a courtroom battle, chewed up by the dogs
The echo of a sardana 3 that rises with the night
And licks the feet of a sleepy old timer
Spring is in the air
Diamonds shining once again in the eyes
Of beautiful girls who make themselves up to brighten our days
Spring is in the air
Breasts tripping over their too-small coverings
The desire to drink one’s fill there like at the golden jug of life
Spring is in the air
Radiant smiles like magic butterflies
Alight on the lips of gorgeous darlings
Spring is in the air
A boat that arrives and plays the trombone 4
And the white horses of spume spurred on by the wind
Spring is in the air
The cold no longer bites the homeless like a pitbull
The fear of the bailiff no longer unfastens their blouse at rifle point 5
Spring is in the air
A wind that carries us, neither too cold nor too warm
Towards this bar that wakes up when it’s time for aperitifs
Friends who always push us to go a bit further
At the very end of the evening towards a glass of wine
Spring is in the air
An love affair picked from the wrong pocket 6
And which no longer hurts even if it turned ugly
Spring is in the air
A suffocated flower that was scrunched up
In a wedding dress and that comes back to us with it’s eighteen years in hand
Spring is in the air
1. Literally of course "The beautiful days are coming 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fillols3. A type of Catalan circle dance, or the music that accompanies it. This whole song rather resembles one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-gWcGgN9mI4. A trombone is typically part of the band for a Sardana5. Fear of being thrown out in the street is considerably reduced in the warm months 6. Attempting my own bit of word play here. It really just mean a bad bit of luck, a bad choice - but the pick/pocket allusion was irresistible