Ma merveille [English translation]

You dressed me like a girl

But my dolls were soldiers

Every morning, in front of the gate

You told me: "Behave yourself this time."

But I hit a wall, I acted tough

And when I think about it, in two or three erasures

I signed my words of absence

Laced like my shoes, I lost the meaning

Smashing the little cars of my childhood

You, my mother, watch over me again*

I need your arms when I fall asleep

We're a pair, I watch over you too

Every day, every night

And you, my mother, watch over me again

Even if I drink, even if I go out

And without a point of reference, I watch over you too

Now that I'm grown up

You're my marvel

You're my marvel

You sent me to school

You wanted homework, good grades

But all I brought you were treble clefs

Some stories and some friends

But my backpack became an adult's

I got so much out of my presents

That I flung insults at them

And if my sandals ran a little slowers

It's because I lost the pedals, I fled

You, my mother, watch over me again

I need your arms when I fall asleep

We're a pair, I watch over you too

Every day, every night

And you, my mother, watch over me again

Even if I drink, even if I go out

And without a point of reference, I watch over you too

Now that I'm grown up

You're my marvel

You're my marvel

I know, I'm not really in the running anymore

I try to have your courage

Since, often, I have you, "mama bear"

Even if it's true that I'm too old for that

You, my mother, watch over me again

I need your arms when I fall asleep

We're a pair, I watch over you too

Every day, every night

And you, my mother, watch over me again

Even if I drink, even if I go out

And without a point of reference, I watch over you too

Now that I'm grown up

You're my marvel

You're my marvel

You're my marvel

You're my marvel