Translation of the song lyrics Je Suis L'enfant Soleil - Anne-Marie David

Je Suis L'enfant Soleil (original)

Il est arriv du nord, et moi j’tais une enfant-soleil
Il a dit des mots plus forts et plus doux que le coton du ciel
Il a partag le pain et mon pre lui a donn un lit
«Tu commenceras demain, prs du chne gris»
Je n’ai pas rv de lui, je ne dormais pas
Etendue au pied du chne gris, je guettais son pas
Et tout un hiver brlant, notre amour a fait chanter la terre
Comme un recommencement, comme une prire
Il tait un homme-neige et moi j’tais une enfant-soleil
Le printemps sur son mange droulait pour nous ses arcs-en-ciel
S’il avait voulu partir, je n’aurais mme pas su pleurer
J’aurais gard le sourire qu’il m’avait donn
Quand des hommes sont venus, je n’ai pas compris
Au-devant de moi il a couru, vers le chne gris
Mais sans qu’il ait rien pu faire, le pige s’tait ferm sur lui
Ils ont remerci mon pre, puis ils sont partis
Il est retourn au nord, et moi j’tais une enfant-soleil
Il avait ses mains dehors et sur son dos le coton du ciel
Il a partag le pain et mon pre lui a donn un lit
Ce jour-l me parat loin, prs du chne gris

(translation)

He came from the north, and I was a child-sun
He spoke words louder and softer than the cotton of the sky
He shared the bread and my father gave him a bed
"You will start tomorrow, by the gray oak"
I didn't dream of him, I wasn't sleeping
Lying at the foot of the gray oak, I watched her step
And all a scorching winter, our love made the earth sing
Like a start over, like a prayer
He was a snowman and I was a sun child
Spring on her mange unrolled her rainbows for us
If he wanted to leave, I wouldn't even have known how to cry
I would have kept the smile he gave me
When men came, I did not understand
In front of me he ran, towards the gray oak
But without him being able to do anything, the trap had closed on him
They thanked my father, then they left
He returned to the north, and I was a child-sun
He had his hands out and on his back the cotton of the sky
He shared the bread and my father gave him a bed
That day seems far away, near the gray oak