Ma liberté [English translation]

My freedom

I have long kept you

Like a rare pearl

My freedom

It's you who helped me

Shed my anchors

To go anywhere

To go to the end

Of the paths of fortune

To dreamily pick

A rose of the winds

On a moonbeam

My freedom

To your desires

My soul was submissive

My freedom

I gave you everything

The shirt on my back

And how I suffered

To satisfy

Your every demand

I changed countries,

I lost my friends

To win your trust

My freedom

You were able to disarm

All my habits

My freedom

You who made me love

Even solitude

You who made me smile

When I saw the end

Of a beautiful adventure

You who protected me

When I went to hide

To care for my wounds.

My freedom

Yet I left you

A december night

I deserted

The far-off paths

That we wandered together

When, unsuspecting,

My hands and feet bound,

I let myself go

And I betrayed you

For a prison of love

And it's beautiful jail-keeper.

And I betrayed you

For a prison of love

And it's beautiful jail-keeper.

• Artist:Georges Moustaki