En chantant [English translation]

When I was a little boy,

I studied my homework

By singing

And several years later,

I banished my dark ideas

By singing.

It's much less worrisome

To talk of bad weather

While singing

And it's so much cuter

To be called a fool

In a song.

Life is more fun,

It's less despairing

While singing.

The first girl in my life,

In the street I followed her

While singing.

When she undressed herself,

I played the old regular

By singing.

I was so proud of myself

That I made love ten times

While singing

But I can't understand

That she left me in the morning

Enchanted.

Love is more fun,

It's less despairing

While singing.

All the men leave in a galley

To fish or to fight

While singing.

The flower a the end of the gun,

The victory is also won

While singing.

We only talk to Jehovah,

Jupiter or Buddha

By singing.

No matter what we think,

We do our revolution

By singing

The world is more fun,

It's less despairing

While singing.

Since we have to die in the end,

Let it be stage right,

While singing.

If my wife is sad,

Let my children support her

By singing

When I'll go see my father

Who is waiting for me with open arms

While singing,

I wish that on Earth,

All my good friends would bury me

While singing.

Death is more fun,

It's less despairing

While singing.

When I was a little boy,

I studied my homework

By singing

And several years later,

I banished my dark ideas

By singing.

It's much less worrisome

To talk of bad weather

While singing

And it's so much cuter

To be called a fool

In a song.

• Artist:Michel Sardou