Once upon a time there was a king's daughter
With a heart full of sadness
Locked up night and day at the top of a tower
She was always crying
One day, taking flight, a kind nightingale
Came to tell the princess
"I bring you hope"
And it's to see him again
That she sang in the evening

Nightingale, nightingale of my loves
As soon as midnight will ring
When the moon will shine
Come sing under my window
Nightingale, nightingale of my loves
When your song will rise
My sorrow will fly away
And love may come perhaps
Tonight, under my window
Come back, kind nightingale

The nightingale came back, landed
On the hand of the beautiful princess
She caressed him then she kissed him
And he turned into a charming prince
Who became the gallant of his pretty mistress
And that's why since then the girls of the country
Sing every night

Nightingale, nightingale of my loves
As soon as midnight will ring
When the moon will shine
Come sing under my window
Nightingale, nightingale of my loves
When your song will rise
My sorrow will fly away
And love may come perhaps
Tonight, under my window
Come back, kind nightingale

Nightingale, nightingale!

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