Qui sommes-nous ? [English translation]

Are we the sons of the sky,

Divine, eternal?

And if not...what?

Are we randomly

In space,

A bit like those herons standing on one leg?

Are we passers-by,

Innocents...there?

In the garden of a playing God,

Is a madman holding us in his hand?

Tell me, but who are we?

Are we the earth and the sky (Are we...)

The fish in the ocean (The fish...)

Are we the rose and the salt (Are we...)

And the elephants' ivory

Are we kissing fools (Are we...)

On a forgotten planet (On a...)

A flight of sparrows passing by (A flight...)

Into eternity

Are we nothing but a mixture

Of riffraff and angel,

Of hatred, of love...hey

Are we owls

In broad daylight,

Hunters or fleeing hares?

Are we an illusion,

The scent of the lilacs...

A violin played by Krishna?

Is a madman holding us in his hand?

Tell me, but who are we?

Are we the earth and the sky (Are we...)

The fish in the ocean (The fish...)

Are we the rose and the salt (Are we...)

And the elephants' ivory

Are we kissing fools (Are we...)

On a forgotten planet (On a...)

A flight of sparrows passing by (A flight...)

Into eternity

Are we...held in a madman's hand?

Tell me, but who are we?

Are we the earth and the sky (Are we...)

The fish in the ocean (The fish...)

Are we the rose and the salt (Are we...)

And the elephants' ivory

(Are we...)

(On a...)

(A flight...)

Are we the earth and the sky (Are we...)

The fish in the ocean (The fish...)

Are we the rose and the salt (Are we...)

And the elephants' ivory

Are we...kissing fools

(Are we...)

On a forgotten planet (On a...)

A flight of sparrows passing by (A flight...)

Into eternity