Sa raison d'être [English translation]

She went through the mill

She survived so many fights

She reached out so hard with her heart1

when others just gave up.

She says after meeting some stares

words become insignificant.

You act because you have to,

without thinking2

That might be

a drop in the ocean

That might be

a drop in the desert,

but it's her reason for being.

Her reason for being.

She has wiped tears from her eyes so often

She lovered her gaze so often3,

forgetting how blue the sky is

for staring so hard at the dust.

She says you can always make up excuses

for doing nothing.

As for her, she would rather keep quiet

and do what she has to do.

That might be

a drop in the ocean

That might be

a drop in the desert,

but it's her reason for being.

Her reason for being.

She broke so many silences,

shouted at the walls

with only indifference for echoes

and even more bitter resentment.

For if here and now life

has shrunk down to survival,

you have to be aware that a butterfly flap

can change everything for real.

That might be

a drop in the ocean

That might be

a drop in the desert,

but it's her reason for being.

Her reason for being.

1. the French is a bit peculiar2. "without asking yourself why"3. "she dropped so many eyelids"