Les mères juives [English translation]

My son you look so bad

You should take care of yourself

Never forget your vitamins

Cover yourself well when it's cold

I know you are not nine anymore

But you're still my child

They are always on the alert

Jewish mothers

I think you're doing too much sport

They say it is not very healthy

It's dangerous all these efforts

do you actually need that ?

I know you are not fifteen anymore

But you're still my child

They are worried and emotional

Jewish mothers

I bought two ties

you put the blue with dots

When you came for Shabbat

Why? the other you do not like it?

I know are not twenty anymore

But you're still my child

They are sometimes very excessive

Jewish mothers

In this coat I made for you

You'd be lawyer, doctor,

but you'd love better to be a singer

And leave me for months

I know you are not thirty anymore

But you're still my child

They are sweet and attentive

Jewish mothers

Your wife is almost a child

How can she take care of you?

She does not even know how to cook

Luckily I'm here

I know you are not forty anymore

But you're still my child

They can be possessive

Jewish mothers

While I know you

I do the dishes you prefer

I'm knitting a scarf

Pairs of gloves, sweater

I know you not fifty anymore

But you're still my child

They are very active

Jewish mothers

Come on darling, come my child

Do not worry, I do not cry

Even when you do not call me

I'm the one to whom it does not matter

I know you are not sixty anymore

But you're still my child

They are soft and naive

Jewish mothers

When my mother spoke little

I found it unbearable

Since her absence overwhelms me

I dream every night to hear

I know you are not seventy anymore

But you're still my child

She was as pure as the water of life

My Jewish mother

• Artist:Georges Moustaki