Maman est folle [English translation]

Mom's crazy

That can't be helped

Still it's some comfort

that she rather likes us

When she soars

we hold her hand

like a dizzy balloon

blown in the rising wind

Be quiet, Léopold

Don't say a word

These petty1 people

wouldn't understand a thing

When Mom laughs

we forget that we're hungry

that it's time for school

that we're afraid of the neighbours

She is our idol

Our heart is filled with her

They must not steal her from us

or carry her afar

Be quiet, Léopold

Don't say a word

These petty people

wouldn't understand a thing

Mom's crazy

That can't be helped

Now I don't want her to be stolen

or carried afar

1. lit "these people (wrapped) in their scarves"