Chanter [English translation]

Singing

To forget our pains

To rock a child Singing

To be able to say I love you

But singing all the time

To beg the sky together

In one and only church

Finding the essential and making

That the silences break

Upon the barricades

Bound hand and foot

Covering the shoots

Singing without stopping

And uniting our voices

Around the wine that inebriates

Singing someone who's going1

To not stop living

For someone who's passing away

To not stop living

Singing

The one who's born, loving him

Teaching him only love

By forming an only single round

Singing again and always

A new day just has come

Being able to still be amazed

Still singing louder despite everything

I know only singing

And uniting our voices

Around the wine that inebriates

Singing someone who's going

To not stop living

I can only sing

For someone who's passing away

To not stop living

Singing

To forget our pains

To rock a child Singing

To be able to say I love you

But singing all the time

Upon the barricades

Bound hand and foot

Covering the shoots

Singing without stopping

And uniting our voices

Around the wine that inebriates

Singing someone who's going

To not stop living

I can only sing

For someone who's passing away

To not stop living

1. Here, going means dying.

• Artist:Florent Pagny
• Album:Savoir Aimer