Le chat de l'Opéra

Au milieu des champs de céréales et de betteraves,
Il est un joli village
Où vivent quelques rats.
Y habitent aussi des chats.
Duveteux, pelucheux, velus ou poilus,
Qu'ils soient siamois, angora ou de gouttière,
Les moustachus, certes, aiment la rue,
Mais préfèrent la sieste au coeur de leur tanière.
Gourmands, ils sortent quand même de temps en temps,
Croquer un ou deux rats imprudents.

Where cereal and beet fields meet the eye
A pretty little village lies,
Called home by some rats
As well as by some cats.
Fluffy, fuzzy, furry or hairy,
Be they Siamese, Angora or from the alley,
The whiskered ones, it is true, the street they may adore,
But slumbering in their dens, they cherish even more.
Gluttonous, they still go out occasionally,
To crunch one or two rats, out imprudently.