Ma jolie [English translation]

Little girl has water in her eyes this morning

But it’s not the rain, it’s her little friends

Who tell her she’s fat, ugly, and worthless

Watching her cry, it probably makes them feel happy

She scribbles pages

She writes poems

About journeys

To forget her problems

Her heart’s coming of age

But she’s just a child

Who is going to depart

One day, obviously

You’ll see, my darling

That happiness is a gift we find when we let go of ourselves, oh

You’ll see, my darling

Very soon you’ll laugh so hard that the earth will tremble with envy

March on fearlessly and smile

Oh my darling, oh my darling

March on fearlessly and smile

Oh my darling

Little girl is scared of entering the classroom

She wants to be invisible, to get lost in the crowd

For her, there’s no love, there are only judges wearing backpacks

Who wait for her on the playground

What did she do wrong?

She takes her guitar

To get away for a while

Creating stories

About wonderful princes

And having imaginations

With her childish eyes

You’ll take off

And death takes time, oh

You’ll see, my darling

That happiness is a gift we find when we let go of ourselves, oh

You’ll see, my darling

Very soon you’ll laugh so hard that the earth will tremble with envy

March on fearlessly and smile

Oh my darling, oh my darling

March on fearlessly and smile

Oh my darling

March on fearlessly and smile

Oh my darling

Little girl is gifted

She writes poems

At night in her book

She says to herself

“You’ll see, my darling

Happiness is a treasure we find when we let go of ourselves”

You’ll see, my darling

That happiness is a gift we find when we let go of ourselves, oh

You’ll see, my darling

Very soon you’ll laugh so hard that the earth will tremble with envy

March on fearlessly and smile

Oh my darling, oh my darling

March on fearlessly and smile

Oh my darling

Oh, march on fearlessly and smile

Oh my darling

Oh my darling