Quand je ne chante pas [English translation]

When I don't sing,

I'm like you,

I'm like that.

When I don't sing,

I'm like you,

I'm like that.

A spouse, a mother,

A woman must know how to do everything.

When I don't sing,

My life is grounded,

Even if Heaven is laughing at me,

To sing is all I know how to do.

I used to walk down the street,

Set myself up on terraces,

Met with strangers,

Made a place for them.

I listened to their stories,

They knew mine,

At a quick glance,

Our lives are all the same.

When school lets out,

Our children running out.

But all their words fly way,

And their laughter rings deaf,

When the echo of the silence,

Is your only ally.

It's the enemy who dances,

While you cry.

When I don't sing,

I'm like you.

I'm like that.

A spouse, a mother,

A woman must know how to do everything.

When I don't sing,

My life is grounded.

Even if Heaven laughs at me,

To sing is all I know how to do.

To sing.

In full voice.

To sing.

When one is made for that,

To deliver their soul and nothing else,

You have to keep the faith,

Our hearts against one another.

To find in this life,

All our little joys.

But is that enough,

To make the hours pass?

When I'm not singing,

I'm like you.

That's how I am.

A wife, a mother,

A woman that has to know how to do it all.

When I'm not singing,

My life is grounded.

Even if Heaven is laughing at me,

To sing is all I know how to do.

When I don't sing,

I'm like you.

I'm like that.

A teacher, a friend,

A woman with a thousand and one lives.

When I don't sing,

Of course,

The Sun rises all the same.

Sometimes it's not really that anymore.

Often I'm no longer myself.

I'm no longer myself,

I'm no longer myself,

I'm no longer me.

When I don't sing,

I whisper old prayers,

Which lead me straight away,

To the only thing I know how to do.

To sing in broad daylight,

To sing in broad daylight.

(When I don't sing, I'm like you),

(When I don't sing, I'm like you),

(When I don't sing, I'm like you),

(When I don't sing, I'm like you).