Ma fille

My daughter, my child
I see the time coming
When you will leave me
To change seasons
To change houses
To change habits
I think about it every night
Watching with my eyes
Your childhood playing
Breaking the moorings
And leaving me with the taste
Of a guitar chord
You have traveled so much
And me on my side
I was often away
From India to England
We ran the Earth
And not always together
But every time I returned
Our hands would meet
On the velvet back
Of a dog who loved us
It was our way
Of being good companions
My child, my little one
Safe travels... Safe travels
You take the train for life
And your heart will change countries
My daughter, you are twenty years old
And I await the moment
Of the first meeting
That you will give me
At your place or mine
Or on a terrace
Where we will evoke
A laughter in the corner of our eyes
The cat or the fish
That shared our games
Where we will spell out
The years of your name
To live under my roof
Sometimes it seems
That I had lost you
I will find you
I will find myself
In each of your gestures
We parted as parents
We will meet again as friends
It will be better than before
I will not have aged
I will simply come
To share your twenty years
My child, my little one
Safe travels... Safe travels
On the path of life
Our two hearts will change countries