Le Grand Voyage Lyrics in English Aldebert

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Le Grand Voyage by Aldebert from French to English.
Dad, tell me where I was before I came to Earth?
On a cloud, a snippet of dream
A tiny speck of dust?
Look at the waiting stars
It's up there that everything's prepared
When they turn into shooting stars
It means someone arrives or leaves
Dad, tell me who I was before I came to Earth?
A fairy-tale character
A sketch, a breath of air?
You see the stars, my treasure
It's up there that everything's designed
When one of them shines brighter
It means somebody's watching over you
Where do we come from?
Where are we going?
Since we're just passing through, then let's sing
What are we doing
On this pebble?
We'll keep this song from the journey
Dad, tell me, my little sister
Will she get here soon?
From the firmament, from a glow
Will she come down from up there?
Look at the setting sun
Looks like she's on her way
A crescent moon is taking shape
It means she'll be born in the morning
Where do we come from?
Where are we going?
Since we're just passing through, then let's sing
What are we doing
On this pebble?
We'll keep this song from the journey
In this dreamlike epic
This adventure where we have
Only hypotheses for luggage
In this endless Milky Way
Where our hearts beat in unison
Journeys form the genesis
Dad, tell me, the grandpa I never knew
Did he head back, to the sky or the clouds?
Despite this void we feel
He reaches his destination
People who love each other meet again
And form a constellation
Where do we come from?
Where are we going?
What are we doing
On this pebble?
We'll keep this song from the journey
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SONG MEANING

Le Grand Voyage turns a simple father-and-child conversation into a starlit adventure. Over a gentle melody, the child bombards Dad with the biggest questions imaginable: Where was I before I was born? Who will my little sister be? Where did Grandpa go when he left? The father answers with sparkling images of clouds, shooting stars and constellations, painting birth as a descent from the skies and death as a return to them. Every twinkling light overhead becomes a soul in transit, reminding us that life is just one stop on an endless, magical itinerary.

Aldebert’s lyrics invite us to gaze upward and sing along instead of worrying about life’s mysteries. The refrain asks, “D’où venons-nous ? Où allons-nous ? Que faisons-nous sur ce caillou ?”—and then cheerfully decides that the best response is to keep traveling and keep singing. By blending childlike wonder with philosophical depth, the song suggests that our true luggage is curiosity, love and the songs we carry with us. In the end, the heavens are not a distant place but a glowing scrapbook where everyone we’ve loved is only a star away.

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