Les feux d'artifice [English translation]

A Song in Commemoration

Here are the complete lyrics to the song "Fireworks":

I was hoisted up onto shoulders

under these gigantic galaxies

I was lost in dreams, stretching out my hands

Almost able to touch them

Their explosions made splendid flowers

And celestial arabesques

To make a bouquet out of universes

I wanted to pluck those stars

We were going to watch the fireworks

To see short-lived stars

Be born, shine and then drop

Down towards the sea

And there they become starfish

Planting in children’s eyes

Fleeting constellations

And, when we grow up, they haunt our memories

In a sky echoing with music

I watched as planets were born

Fantastic lights were bursting in air

And falling back to early in a shower of comets

I imagined that I was an admiral

Reviewing my flying flotilla

My dreams were marvelous

Beneath these two-bit rockets

(Refrain:)

We were going to watch the fireworks

To see short-lived stars

Be born, shine and then drop

Down towards the sea

And there they become starfish

Planting in children’s eyes

Fleeting constellations

And, when we grow up, they haunt our memories

Then, under incandescent skies

Someone was tying my shoelaces

I saw teenagers

Off in the distance, over there, hugging one another

For a long time, I could see

streams of pink and green

In my bed, I saw

Entire universes behind my closed eyes

We are like fireworks

For our lives are short-lived

Let’s make sure that while we live,

We shine in the eyes of others

Let’s offer them Light

Like a shooting star as we go by

For however fleeting it all is,

We won’t soon forget