Sa jeunesse [English translation]

His youth

When one holds

Between his hands

This wealth

Of being twenty

Tomorrows

Full of promises

When love leans on us

To give us its sleepless nights

When we see

Far ahead

Laugh at life

Embroidered with hope

Rich of choice

And craziness

We have to drink 'til drunkenness

Our youth

Because every moment

from our twenties

Are counted

And never again

Will the time lost

Face us again

It goes by

Often in vain

We hold out our hands

And we regret

It is too late

On its way

Nothing stops it

We can't constantly keep

Our youth

Before smiling and we leave childhood

Before knowing youth runs away

It seems so short that we're all surprised

Before understanding it we leave existence

When one holds

Between his hands

This wealth

Of being twenty

Tomorrows

Full of promises

When love leans on us

To give us its sleepless nights

When we see

Far ahead

Laugh at life

Embroidered with hope

Rich of choice

And craziness

We have to drink 'til drunkenness

Our youth

Because every moment

from our twenties

Is counted

And never again

Will the time lost

Face us again

It goes by

Often in vain

We hold out our hands

And we regret

It is too late

On its way

Nothing stops it

We can't constantly keep

Our youth