Les Pingouins [English translation]

There’s penguins everywhere

But fewer penguinesses

Though next to penguinesses

Male penguins are quite rare

Do penguins feel less care

Than female penguinesses

And could those penguinesses

Be prey to more distresses?

Penguins entwined

Look so divine

But to caresseses

Girl penguinesses

Aren’t inclined, you’ll find

Penguins unwind

With vintage wines

In cafés with their chums

But give penguinesses

Rough red, just as it comes!

When penguins meet by chance

With lady penguinesses

Their game must be, one guesses

A musical statues dance

For penguins dare not glance

When faced with penguinesses

And spiteful penguinesses

Just hate the way they prance

Young penguins try

To paint an eye

With oils and cosmetics

Young penguinesses

Would rather die than dye!

If a penguin’s got

The slightest spot

Out come the cold compresses

Which strike penguinesses

As girlish excesses!

And past your field of view

Of penguins, penguinesses

A shady crowd processes

Along the avenue

Who are they? Here’s a clue

Penguins and penguinesses

As on his stroll each presses

Look just like people do

Penguins, people, on you beetle

Live just like queens, I pray

To shake your rump that way

Really isn’t needful

Penguins, people, on you beetle

When all else goes astray

Only ‘I love you’s stay

Quite undeceitful