Hymne à l'amitié [English translation]

If he is a friend, if he is to you what you are to him,

The one who can love you, without ever judging you,

The one who stays when others have already left you,

I say he is a friend, yes.

So you've done well in life?

You've already found the shepherd's star

And you are no longer alone on the road.

If he's a friend, give him your bread and your wine and your life.

And remake the world, as three hundred times,

Don Quixote and his old Sancho Panza did.

If he's your friend, ask him to sing and then sing with him.

Friendship is the most beautiful country.

If he's a friend, if he goes crazy when you do something crazy,

If he shows you sometimes that he was afraid for you,

If nothing less than the best will satisfy him for you.

I say he's a friend, yes. Then you've achieved your life.

You're only two halves on your own but

Two people together can overcome mountains.

If he's a friend, give him your bread and your wine and your life.

And remake the world, as three hundred times,

Don Quixote and his old Sancho Panza did...

If he's your friend, tell him that he sings and then sing with him.

Friendship is the most beautiful country.

If he is a friend, if he has your laughter, if he has your tears too,

If the same angers take him when the Earth

With its trumpets and its wars goes askew.

I say that if he is a friend, you can say a big thank you to life,

Since it has made him a brother you choose

And the companion of luck.

If he's a friend, give him your bread and your wine and your life.