"Un jour, un enfant" (English: A Day, A Child) was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 in Madrid, performed by Frida Boccara.
It won the Contest with 18 points, giving the country its fourth victory. It also tied as winner with the entries from Spain, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom, which is the only time in the Contest's history that more than one country won the title.
Lyrics[]
Un jour se lèvera
Sur trois branches de lilas
Qu’un enfant regardera
Comme un livre d’images
Le monde autour de lui
Sera vide, et c’est ainsi
Qu’il inventera la vie
À sa première page
En dessinant
La forme d’une orange
Il donnera au ciel
Son premier soleil
En dessinant l’oiseau
Il inventera la fleur
En cherchant le bruit de l’eau
Il entendra le cri du cœur
En dessinant
Les branches d’une étoile
Il trouvera, l’enfant
Le chemin des grands
Des grands qui ont gardé
Un regard émerveillé
Pour les fruits de chaque jour
A day will dawn
Upon three branches of lilac
That a child will watch
Like a picture book
The world around him
Will be empty, and it’s like this
That he’ll invent life
On his first page
By drawing
The shape of an orange
He’ll give the sky
Its first sun
By drawing the bird
He’ll invent the flower
Looking for the sound of water
He’ll hear the heartfelt cry
By drawing
The rays of a star
The child will find
The road of grown-ups
Grown-ups who kept
A surprising look
For everyday fruit
Videos[]
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