Si maman si [English translation]

All my friends have departed,

My heart has changed addresses.

My holiday's again Paris.

My plans are just wait and see,

My loves are all invented..

If, mummy, if

If, mummy, if

Mummy, if you could see my life

I both cry and laugh,

If, mummy, if

but my future remains so dark

and so does my heart.

And time flies as fast as a swallow

while I stay at the window. I am so clumsy that tomorrow

happiness will perhaps go

by and I shall not know.

If, mummy, if

If, mummy, if

Mummy, if you could see my life

I both cry and laugh,

If, mummy, if

but my future remains so dark

and so does my heart.

My heart feels comfortable,

really warm,

I let the big wind pass by.

My wishes die down, I

turn my back on them

and I fall asleep softly

no chaos, no sympathy.

If, mummy, if

If, mummy, if

Mummy, if you could see my life

I both cry and laugh,

If, mummy, if

but my future remains so dark

and so does my heart.

• Artist:France Gall
• Album:Dancing Disco (1977)