Translation:French Nursery Rhymes/The Curfew

by C. B.

THE CURFEW^[1]

Go home, people of Paris,
Shut yourselves in your lodgings;
Let all noise cease,
Leave these places,
For now is the time,
The time of curfew.

1. Couvre-feu (s.m.), curfew, in feudal times, the ringing of a bell at eight o'clock as a signal to put out all fires and lights.