Elle est comme les étoiles [English translation]

Some speak to the crowd

And others speak to the desert

May the words flow

About time, about money, oabout war

Some speak of the East

And others of the USSR

About the Bible or the Koran

Of paradise, of swift happiness

Some speak of frontiers

And of hope

My mother

Makes the silence speak

She is like the stars

She long knows it, but says nothing

She is like the stars

She gives her light

And asks nothing

The prophets, all of them,

Make and unmake fate

The politicians on their platforms

Always have the plan for tomorrow

Some speak of the earth

Of non-violence

My mother

Makes the silence speak

She is like the stars

She long knows it, but says nothing

She is like the stars

She gives her light

And asks nothing

She is like the stars

She long knows it, but she never says anything

She is like the stars

She asks nothing

Some abandon you

Others come and desire you

But as soon as you love a man

The most beautiful thing is impossible to say

Some speak of love, of tolerance

My mother

Makes the silence speak

She is like the stars

She long knows it, but says nothing

She is like the stars

She gives her light

And asks nothing