En bandoulière [English translation]

Those illusions, those lost castles, those returns, the beaten brow

Since life stuck me with a role in the comedy of disappointed hearts

I sowed to all the winds

My dreams of children,

I marched, my heart in a bandoleer

One beautiful morning, very proudly, I turned twenty, they said to me:

"Widen your eyes!"

They said to me: "Big boy, here's the world, don't want anything of us, do your best"

And since those times

I've gritted my teeth

Me, with my heart in a bandoleer

There's that sad shambles that I have to get out of

There's that immense wall that I have to get over

And I'll jump over it!

Because I've found you!

You, who didn't throw stones at me

I found you, with your childlike eyes

You've offered me your universe

Your universe warm with tenderness

And I'll be damned if I ever lose you

Because I live on your joys

And for nothing but you

I've replaced my heart in a bandoleer