LITERAL TRANSLATION
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I believed [in my] having made you
Little fairy
But it's you who makes me
Far more than an effect
It's you who made me
Become a little divine
In giving you your life
I foresee that you will delight me
[For] All [my] life
And every day that God makes
I celebrate you.
The trees under the [effect of the] wind
Which raises up this sheet
Sway for you
What did they used to do before [you came along]
The marble under the [effect of the] wind
Which gets stronger and [helps you to] take off
Will carve some name
Which you read on my lips
Your name about which everyone had an opinion
Well before it's foretold to you
I believed that having made you
Little fairy
But it's you who makes me
Far more than an effect
Long[-lasting] will be the effect
Always it will last
From me for [all] your years
The "mother effect" éphémer
Always it will last
The "mother effect"
I love it when you go to sleep
I dream of you awakened
You are more than a treasure
A secret to lull [to sleep]
And the sky can be prepared
To stretch its arms to you
I have a heart like a split stone [gem]
[For] the happiness [to come] from now until then
There's nothing to understand
The love is beyond the reach of the law
Refrain
ORIGINAL LYRICS 1
© 2007 Wisteria Song / Sony BMG Music
Éditions : Sony ATV Publishing -
Éditions Tricatel
Je croyais t’avoir faitePetite fée
Mais c’est toi qui me fais
Bien plus que de l’effet
C’est toi qui m’as fait
Devenir un peu divine
En te donnant ta vie
Je devine que tu vas me ravir
Toute la vie
Et chaque jour que Dieu fait
Je te fête
Les arbres sous le vent
Qui soulève ce drap
Se balancent pour toi
Que faisaient-ils avant
Le marbre sous le vent
Qui se lève et t'enlève
Se gravera du nom
Que tu lis sur mes lèvres
Ton nom que tout prononce
Bien avant qu’il t’annonce
Je croyais t’avoir faite
Petite fée
Mais c’est toi qui me fais
Bien plus que de l’effet
Long sera l'effet
Toujours il va durer
De moi à tes années
L’effet mère 2
Toujours il va durer
L’effet mère
J’adore quand tu t’endors
Je te rêve éveillée
Tu es plus qu’un trésor
Un secret à bercer
Et le ciel peut s’attendre
À te tendre les bras
J’ai le coeur à pierre fendre
Des bonheurs d’ici-bas
li n’y a rien à comprendre
L’amour est hors la loi
Refrain
1 Album version.
NB: some words
have been wrapped or split here
to flow
more easily with the sung rhythm
2 Maybe a wordplay on the adjective
éphémère, contrasting a mother's eternal love
with the transient life of mortal human beings
REFLECTION: a complementary
complimentary interpretation...
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Believing you I made
My fairy maid
But it's me that you make
Giving more than you take
I'm what you have made
Divine in some ways unseen
My life for you to breathe
I can see you bringing joy so clear
Your gift to me
Every day that God makes
Celebrate
Winds rise leaves move on
Trees raise up this wrap
See them sway for you
Not before you'd begun
Round marble halls resound
Winds rise now off you take
Winds carve on them some name
Which you hear my lips say
They thought they understood
Before you ever could
Believing you I made
My fairy maid
But it's me that you make
Giving more than you take
Long I hope to stay
To always feel this way
From me for all your days
Mother's care
To always feel this way
Mother's care
Stand by your bedroom door
Dreaming love's wide awake
Treasure beyond a score
A secret none can fake
Under skies you sleep on
In their tender embrace
Does my heart appear fond
Happiness lights your face
Who can see and be wrong
In love's the only grace
Refrain