Un enfant c'est comme ça [English translation]

I gave you life, I chose a name for you

When night falls, I fondle your forehead

I often come to hear you sleep

The time for your first smile is not far away

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And then one day you'll leave me there

I know children, a child, it is how it is

If you cry sometimes, it breaks my heart

But I live with you and you make me happy

For the first time, for your first spring

In a small voice you call me mom

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And then one day you'll leave me there

I know children, a child, it is how it is

I see in your eyes my childhood memories

Cinderella, the blue bird and Prince Charming

I will have much sorrow, yet I forgive you

You will leave my hand on an autumn morning

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And then one day you'll leave me there

I know children, a child, it is how it is