TRANSLATION (source: http://www.williammorin.com) Thank you to life, you’ve given me so much It gave me two beams of light, when opened that can distinguish perfectly black from white And in the sky above, her starry backdrop And from within the multitude The one that I love Thank you to life, you’ve Given me so much It gave me an ear That, in all of its width Records-night and day-crickets and canaries Hammers and turbines and bricks and storms And the tender voice of my beloved Thank you to life, you’ve Given me so much It gave me sound and the alphabet With them the words That I think and declare Mother, Friend, Brother and the light shining The route of the soul from Which comes love Thank you to life, you’ve Given me so much It gave me the ability to walk with my tired feet With them I have Traversed cities and puddles Valleys and deserts, mountains and plains And your house, your street and your courtyard Thank you to life, you’ve Given me so much It gave me a heart, That causes my frame to shudder When I see the fruit of the human brain When I see good so far from bad When I see Within the clarity of your eyes Thank you to life, you’ve given me so much It gave me laughter and it gave me longing With them I Distinguish happiness and pain The two materials from Which my songs are Formed And your song, as well, that is the same song And everyone’s song, that is my very song.
