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Lyrics and translation
Original
Toi l'enfant qui regarde la mer. Toi l'enfant, l'âme vague, espoir.
Toi l'enfant qui navigue les cieux.
Toi l'enfant, que tes yeux -soient mes, que tes yeux soient mes yeux. -Tama Tama
Tama. Yele Yele Yele.
Kuma Kuma Kuma.
Mouna Mouna Mouna. Tama Tama Tama. Yele Yele Yele.
-Kuma Kuma Kuma. Mouna Mouna Mouna. -J'entends encore l'enfant résonner.
Il vous paraît discret, il vous paraît sage, mais en fait, il est distrait.
En fait, il est barge. En fait, il est blasé par tous les hématomes que porte le môme en moi.
Mais il faudra bien se pardonner. Putain, le temps, ça va vite.
Avoir le cran de réussir sa vie, devenir grand, c'est tellement la lutte.
Je me demande si les adultes, ça existe vraiment. Quand tu ris, quand tu cries, le monde change.
Quand tu chantes à tue-tête, il devient plus chiant quand tu te tais.
Toi l'enfant qui n'a pas peur, super-héros de ta vie, la peur n'empêche pas la mort, non, elle empêche la vie. C'est comme ça qu'on démonte les enfers, le monde à l'envers.
Et si ça tourne mal, en vrai, c'est pas grave. Abracadabra, Amstramgram.
-J'entends encore l'enfant résonner. -Tama Tama Tama. Yele Yele Yele.
-Kuma Kuma Kuma. Mouna Mouna Mouna. -J'entends encore l'enfant résonner.
Tama Tama Tama.
Yele Yele Yele. Kuma Kuma Kuma. Mouna Mouna Mouna.
Toi l'enfant qui écoute le vent.
Toi l'enfant qui déroute tout le temps.
Toi l'enfant qui fut moi un jour. Toi l'enfant de la joie, découvre-moi toujours.
Tama Tama Tama. Yele Yele Yele.
Kuma Kuma -Kuma. Mouna Mouna Mouna. -J'entends encore l'enfant résonner.
Tama Tama Tama. Yele Yele Yele.
-Kuma Kuma Kuma.
-Je me demande si les adultes, ça existe vraiment.
Il vous paraît discret, il vous paraît sage, mais en fait, il est distrait. En fait, il est barge.
En fait, il est blasé par tous les hématomes que porte le môme en moi. Mais il faudra bien se pardonner.
Putain, le temps, ça va vite. Avoir le cran de réussir sa vie, devenir grand, c'est tellement la lutte.
Je me demande si les adultes, ça existe vraiment.
English translation
You the child who looks at the sea. You the child, the vague soul, hope.
You the child who navigates the skies.
You, child, may your eyes be mine, may your eyes be my eyes. -Tama Tama
Tama. Yele Yele Yele.
Kuma Kuma Kuma.
Mouna Mouna Mouna. Tama Tama Tama. Yele Yele Yele.
-Kuma Kuma Kuma. Mouna Mouna Mouna. -I can still hear the child echoing.
He seems discreet to you, he seems wise to you, but in fact he is absent-minded.
In fact, he is a barge. In fact, he's jaded by all the bruises the kid inside me has.
But we will have to forgive ourselves. Damn, time moves quickly.
Having the guts to succeed in life, to become great, is such a struggle.
I wonder if adults really exist. When you laugh, when you scream, the world changes.
When you sing at the top of your lungs, it gets more annoying when you shut up.
You, the child who is not afraid, superhero of your life, fear does not prevent death, no, it prevents life. This is how hell is dismantled, the world turned upside down.
And if it goes wrong, really, it doesn't matter. Abracadabra, Amstramgram.
-I can still hear the child echoing. -Tama Tama Tama. Yele Yele Yele.
-Kuma Kuma Kuma. Mouna Mouna Mouna. -I can still hear the child echoing.
Tama Tama Tama.
Yele Yele Yele. Kuma Kuma Kuma. Mouna Mouna Mouna.
You the child who listens to the wind.
You the child who confuses you all the time.
You, the child who once was me. You, the child of joy, always discover me.
Tama Tama Tama. Yele Yele Yele.
Kuma Kuma -Kuma. Mouna Mouna Mouna. -I can still hear the child echoing.
Tama Tama Tama. Yele Yele Yele.
-Kuma Kuma Kuma.
-I wonder if adults really exist.
He seems discreet to you, he seems wise to you, but in fact he is absent-minded. In fact, he is a barge.
In fact, he's jaded by all the bruises the kid inside me has. But we will have to forgive ourselves.
Damn, time moves quickly. Having the guts to succeed in life, to become great, is such a struggle.
I wonder if adults really exist.