Ce gamin-là [English translation]

I see a child dragging himself,

Dragging himself to the schoolyard.

He looks like his mother is taking him,

Taking him to the vultures.

It looks like they're performing a play

A play that we all know.

And there are always, always the same,

The same actors around.

And there's the man clapping his hands

And it's not because of the sound,

But it is always the same thing

When the man claps, school starts again.

And that kid, it's me.

I see him like a stranger

I do not know, I do not know anymore.

Tell me, little one, do you remember?

See him, here he is

That kid, it's me.

See him, here he is

That kid is going away.

See him, here he is

That kid, it's me.

See him, here he is

That kid is going away.

Do you remember?

I see a child discovering

The girls' eyes and the doctor.

And I'd like to warn him,

To tell him my doubts and my fears,

My grown-up's fears, my adult's fears.

To tell him be careful because at the end

Your head and your little heart

Will make me the one that I am.

And there's the girl who drives him crazy

And it's not nothing, I can see it.

The child's learning love and all,

And all becomes more blurred.

And that kid, it's me.

I see him like a stranger

I do not know, I do not know anymore.

Tell me, little one, do you remember?

See him, here he is

That kid, it's me.

See him, here he is

That kid is going away.

See him, here he is

That kid, it's me.

See him, here he is

That kid is going away.

You remember

Do you remember?

You remember

I see a child strolling,

Quietly strolling.

Is he thinking about me,

Wondering he has grew up?

And if suddenly he turns back,

And if suddenly he sees me,

Will he see inside of me

That I don't even recognize him?

And there're all his friends around,

The girls, the teachers and the vultures.

And there's all that builds him

And I, I am just the result.

And that kid, it's me.

I see him like a stranger

I do not know, I do not know anymore.

Tell me, little one, do you remember?

You remember

You remember