Tout comme son p?re
Le petit Jean-Pierre
?tait un fan
Un fan de Superman


Just like his father
The little Jean-Pierre
Was a fan
A Superman fan
Il collectionnait
Toutes les bandes dessin?es
O? il pouvait voir son h?ros
Voler comme un oiseau


He collected
All the cartoons
Where he could se his hero
Fly like a bird
Jean-Pierre devait avoir huit ans hier
Et ses parents en ?taient tellement fiers
Qu'ils d?cid?rent de faire
Pour son anniversaire
Un voyage ?clair ? New York
La ville de Superman

Jean-Pierre should have had eight years yeasterday
And his parent were very proud of him
That they decided to do
For his birthday
A short trip to New York
Superman's town
De leur chambre d'h?tel
Au cinquanti?me ?tage du Waldorf
La vue ?tait si belle
Que leur premi?re soir?e
Ils la pass?rent ? regarder
Les lumi?res de Manhattan
Le lendemain


In their hotel room
On Waldorf's fiftieth floor
The view was so beautiful
That their first evening
They spent it looking
At Manhattan's lights
The day after
Ils march?rent sur Broadway
Main dans la main
Comme dans un conte de f?es
Et dans un magasin
O? l'on vend de tout de rien
Jean-Pierre se fit offrir par son p?re
Un costume de Superman


They have walked on Broadway
Hand in hand
Like in a fairytale
And in a store
Where we sell everything and nothing
Jean-Pierre had his father buy him
A Superman costume
D?s ce soir-l?
Il voulu le porter
Comme pyjama
Pour pouvoir mieux r?ver
Mais quand ses parents
Se furent endormis

To be continued...