| Papillon (original) | Papillon (translation) |
|---|---|
| Quelqu’un m’entendra-t-il | will anyone hear me |
| Si je ne dis plus un mot? | If I don't say a word anymore? |
| Quelqu’un me verra-t-il | Will anyone see me |
| Si je disparaissais? | If I disappeared? |
| Je sais, je sais | I know I know |
| J’aurais pu être un papillon | I could have been a butterfly |
| J’aurais vécu | I would have lived |
| Une unique journée | A single day |
| Je vole… volerais | I fly...would fly |
| M’habillerais de lumière | Dress in light |
| Je me cache… cacherais | I hide…hide |
| De la pluie et du vent | Rain and wind |
| Je regarderais la terre | I would look at the earth |
| Apprécierais sa beauté | Appreciate her beauty |
| Je vole… volerais | I fly...would fly |
| Serais un papillon | would be a butterfly |
| Quelqu’un attendra-t-il | will anyone be waiting |
| Pour que ma chrysalide | So that my chrysalis |
| Se libère de ses fils | Frees himself from his sons |
| Et se lance dans le vide? | And launches into the void? |
| Je sais, je sais | I know I know |
| J’aurais pu être un papillon | I could have been a butterfly |
| J’aurais vécu | I would have lived |
| Une unique journée. | A single day. |
| Je vole… volerais | I fly...would fly |
| M’habillerais de lumière | Dress in light |
| Je me cache… cacherais | I hide…hide |
| De la pluie et du vent | Rain and wind |
| Je regarderais la terre | I would look at the earth |
| Apprécierais sa beauté | Appreciate her beauty |
| Je vole… volerais | I fly...would fly |
| Serais un papillon | would be a butterfly |
| Je vole… volerais | I fly...would fly |
| Je me cache… cacherais | I hide…hide |
| Je regarderais la terre | I would look at the earth |
| Apprécierais sa beauté | Appreciate her beauty |
| Je vole… volerais | I fly...would fly |
| Serais un papillon | would be a butterfly |
