Ma fille
Serge Reggiani
My Daughter
My daughter, my child
I see the time coming
When you’ll leave me
To change your season
To change your home
To change your habits
I think about it every night
Watching with my eyes
Your childhood playing
Breaking the ties
And leaving me with the taste
Of a guitar chord
You’ve traveled so much
And I, on my side
Was often away
From India to England
We’ve run the Earth
Not always together
But with every return
Our hands would meet
On the velvet back
Of a dog that loved us
It was our way
Of being good companions
My child, my little one
Safe travels
Safe travels
You’re taking the train to life
And your heart will change countries
My daughter, you’re twenty now
And I’m waiting for the moment
Of the first date
That you’ll give me
At your place or mine
Or on a terrace
Where we’ll reminisce
With laughter in our eyes
About the cat or the fish
That shared our games
Where we’ll spell out
The years of your name
Living under my roof
Sometimes it feels
Like I’ve lost you
I’ll find you again
I’ll find myself
In each of your gestures
We left as parents
We’ll meet again as friends
It’ll be better than before
I won’t have aged
I’ll simply come
To share your twenty years
My child, my little one
Safe travels
Safe travels
On the road of life
Our two hearts will change countries
