Maman [English translation]

Mama, tell me why

The birds at the bottom of my heart

Cry with every passing minute

As if it was to console them

Mam, tell me why

All that's moving around me

Only makes me want to cry

Just like the day I came out of your body

If that's what it means to be 20 years old,

I'd rather be a child

If that's what it means to be 20 years old,

I'd rather die right now

Mama, tell me why

I feel empty inside

Even though minutes, hours,

Are still too young to knock me out

Mama, tell me why

The happiness in my hands

Shatters like porcelain

Is it because I'm too clumsy?

Or is it life which doesn't love me anymore?

If that's what it means to be 20 years old,

I'd rather be a child

If that's what it means to be 20 years old,

I'd rather die right now

I know that I will never see it,

That day when I'm as old as you

And when the lines on my face

Are there to stay

You shouldn't hold it against you too much

If you can't console me anymore

It's because the birds at the bottom of my heart

Are in a rush to fly away

• Artist:Pierre Lapointe
• Album:Pierre Lapointe