Je sais comment [English translation]

Listen to me, my friend.

Do you love freedom?

Would you flee from here?

Would you escape?

Would you relive life

Walk without chains on your feet?

Oh, hear me, my friend,

Would you escape?

I know how...!

How sawing all these bars

That are there as a curtain.

I know how...

How to blow locks

Between freedom and us.

I know how...!

How to turn to dust

This huge wall of huge stones.

I know how...!

How to get out of this dungeon

Closed as a tomb.

I know how to see flowers again

Under a blue sky.

I know how having the heart

Free and happy...

You say nothing, my friend,

But you in the eyes

More dreams than envy

To view this patch of blue sky.

You think I lied to you,

I have no secret.

But your eyes have understood

It is they who are in truth ...

I know how...!

How to turn on its hinges

The iron door of the prison.

I know how...!

How to shatter

The balls that impede our steps.

I know how...!

How to break our bare hands

All its obstacles without being seen.

I know how...!

How to get out of this dungeon

Without the risk of leaving the skin.

I know how to see flowers again

Under a blue sky.

I know how having the heart

Free and happy...sleep...

• Artist:Édith Piaf