Je Suis Né au Millieu de la Mer [English translation]

And I was born in the hollow of the waves

In the land of the seaweeds

My white cradle

Still is warm

Blooming scotch brooms 1

In my home

Would have gild

All my summers

And I was born in the hollow of the waves

In the land of the seaweeds

My father once was a sailor

I joined him

At the bottom of the seas

About this war

He still sings

Like before death

The night, the day

Streams, love

My father once was a sailor

I joined him

My mother also, her days, her nights

Some rest, some worries

Her callous hands

Whiten hair

Some warmths

Remain in her heart

Near the hearth

Of memories

In the hollow of the waves, I still am

In the land that sleeps

1. The yellow flowered shrub Cytisus scoparius.