UNE VIE DE CHIEN - A LIFE DOG

                                                         FILOU


                                                    Epagneul breton

                                                    Tel est mon nom.

                                              Enfin pour les cynophiles,

                                        Car dans la vie, on m'appelle Phyl.

                                            Je suis la crème des chiens,

                                        Toujours à la recherche d'un calin.

                                               Bien sûr, de loin en loin,

                                        Je me conduis comme un vaurien :

                                              Seul ou....... accompagné

                                      J'aime par-dessus  tout me promener.

                                       Tout me complaît : mer, campagne,

                                           Ville, forêt, haute montagne ;

                                             Rien ne m'arrête jamais :

                                            Je suis un  dur, un tatoué,

                                          Mais cessons là ces palabres,

                                   Puisqu'à cette heure mon ventre se délabre ;

                                     Il n'y a de gamelle pleine qui ne se vide

                                         Pour quelqu'un d'aussi intrépide.

                                              

MY TRANSLATION

                                                        FILOU

                                                  Brittany spaniel

                                                 That is my name.

                                             Finally for the dog lovers,

                                       Because in life, they call me Phyl.

                                            I'm the cream of the dogs,

                                            Always looking for a hug.
   
                                           Of course, here and there,

                                            I behave like a scoundrel:

                                            Alone......or accompanied 

                                              I like above all to walk.

                                       All delights me : sea, countryside,

                                             City, forest, mountain ;

                                           Nothing will ever stop me

                                              I'm a tough, tattooed,

                                         But stop here these palavers

                                Because at that time my belly is in despair ;

                               There is no full bowl that can not be empty    
                                       
                                           For someone as fearless.