Un Enfant Pour Toujours Lyrics in English by ZAZ
Déchirement literally means "tearing" or "ripping apart". It's a strong and evocative word that goes beyond simple sadness.
In the context of the song, it's used to describe a profound emotional pain, a deep sense of heartbreak or inner conflict, as the singer grapples with the lingering presence of a lost child. It captures the intensity of the emotional struggle, making it a powerful and memorable word.
ZAZ's "Un Enfant Pour Toujours" [An Everlasting Child] is a really moving and introspective song that explores the lasting impact of a past trauma or loss, perhaps even a lost sibling, on one's life. The lyrics describe a constant, almost ghostly presence: "Un enfant pour toujours / Pour toujours un enfant" [An everlasting child / Forever a child]. This "absence à présent" [absence now] feels like a deep, unresolved grief that the singer carries with them, like a "balançoire / Au-dessus du néant" [swing / Above nothingness].
It's like the singer is grappling with a shadow that "s'agite et me guette" [stirs and watches me], constantly asking big questions like "Qui est-ce dans la glace?" [Who is it in the mirror?] and "Que s'est-il passé?" [What happened?]. The song builds to a powerful moment of letting go. The singer finally tells this "enfant pour toujours" [everlasting child] to "Laisse-moi mon parcours / Je dois vivre ma vie" [Let me have my path / I must live my life]. It's a poignant declaration of moving forward, leaving the past "au carrefour / Du souvenir, de l'oubli" [at the crossroads / Of memory, of forgetting].
