Le château de sable [English translation]

Sometimes you build like children

(Like all the children)

A castle of sand and wind.

A sand castle you build for all eternity

But the firsts streams will carry it away.

I built for you near the ocean,

(Like all the children)

A love of sand and wind.

And for this love,

For you the princess of the great castle

Nothing was crazy enough, nor beautiful enough.

But waves are coming and the child coming back

Finds only sand.

Of dungeons and towers, the next morning

There remains nothing...

Sometimes you build like children

(Like all the children)

A sand castle so big

And so wide it seems like you're walking in it,

And that it could contain the Mediterranean Sea

I built for you near the ocean,

(Like all the children)

A love of sand so big

(A love of sand)

That it was meant to last a lifetime.

It lasted for one night.

But waves are coming and the child coming back

Finds only sand.

Of dungeons and towers, the next morning

There remains nothing...

• Artist:Joe Dassin