C'est pour vivre [English translation]

It's for living

That the world sings

In grief or in joy

It's for living

That the world invents

Songs at every step

It's for living

That all the poets

The musicians, the king's fools

It's for living

Against the storm

That they have lent us their voice

It's for living

That people exile themselves

That planes shatter their wings

It's for living

That we toss marbles

Into the four winds of the sky

All the men who search for the riverbank

And the reason for the verb "to like/love"

All the men who search for a hymn

That others have already found

It's for living

And populating the earth

That the dove in the olive tree

It's for living

Above the wars

That Jerusalem was born

It's for living among the stars

That one day man has flown away

It's for living among the stars

A moment of eternity

It's for living

That trees fall

At the moment infants are born

It's for living

That we defend this world

While love is still alive

It's for living among the stars

That one day man has flown away

It's for living among the stars

A moment of eternity...