La mer n'est pas la mer [English translation]

The sea isn't the sea...

It's a bottomless pit

Swallowing boys

On too bright mornings...

Love isn't love...

It's a false crossroads

Where girls enter singing

And leave crying...

Life isn't life...

But a sad comedy

You must leave

Before you get a chance to taste it...

Me, I know a country

Far away from here

Where the sea and life

And love are united...

...Where the sea and life

And love are united

• Artist:Félix Leclerc