La même eau qui coule [English translation]

From the man I was

To the child I am

From my toy box

To my forbidden games

The horses of Lascaux

The planes of da Vinci

Except for the new words

I haven't learned anything

It's always the same water which runs

It's always the grapes that get you drunk

From the furnaces of Liverpool

The same song which makes the crowd dance

It's always the same water which runs

The ordinary loves

The inhuman sorrows

We see them on the scanner screen

We read them in the hand

When the old Magellan

Discovered the strait

There were already children

Bathing there

It's always the same water which runs

It's always the grapes that get you drunk

From the furnaces of Liverpool

The same song which makes the crowd dance

It's always the same water which runs

It's always the grapes that get you drunk

From the furnaces of Liverpool

The same song which makes the crowd dance

The same song which makes the crowd dance

From the man I was

To the child growing up

I followed the path

Others had taken

From the Apollo travels

To the mystery of my own life

Except for the new words

I haven't learned anything

It's always the same water which runs

It's always the grapes that get you drunk

From the furnaces of Liverpool

The same song which makes the crowd dance

It's always the same water which runs

It's always the grapes that get you drunk

From the furnaces of Liverpool

The same song which makes the crowd dance

It's always the same water which runs