This is the story of a little girl who was barely eight years old.<\/p>\n
She lived in Warsaw<\/strong>, Poland<\/strong>.<\/p>\n It was the eve of the Second World War<\/a><\/strong>. The horrible Holocaust was about to be unleashed by the Nazis.<\/p>\n All she wanted was to play and enjoy a happy life.<\/p>\n All she wanted was to live her dreams<\/a><\/strong> of a child.<\/p>\n She dreamed of frogs and la Belle au Bois Dormant<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(Sleeping beauty.)<\/p>\n She was just an ordinary girl.<\/p>\n She was juste<\/em>\u00a0comme toi <\/em><\/strong>(just like you) et moi<\/em><\/strong> (and me.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sqEYeYKQjUE<\/a><\/p>\n Comme toi,\u00a0<\/em>interpreted by young children who may remind you of the hit French movie\u00a0“Les Choristes<\/em>“<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Elle avait les yeux clairs et la robe en velours<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n She had light eyes and a velvet dress<\/p>\n A c\u00f4t\u00e9 de sa m\u00e8re et la famille autour<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Next to her mother and the family around<\/p>\n Elle pose un peu distraite au doux soleil de la fin du jour<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n She distractedly poses under the mild sun of the end of the day<\/p>\n La photo n’est pas bonne mais l’on peut y voir<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The picture is not so clear but we still can notice<\/p>\n Le bonheur en personne et la douceur d’un soir<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Happiness personnified and the tenderness of an evening<\/p>\n Elle aimait la musique, surtout Schumann et puis Mozart<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n She loved music, especially Schumann and Mozart<\/p>\n Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Like you, like you, like you<\/p>\n Comme toi que je regarde tout bas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Like you whom I am looking at quietly<\/p>\n Comme toi qui dors en r\u00eavant \u00e0 quoi?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Like you who sleeps dreaming of what?<\/p>\n Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Like you, like you, like you<\/p>\n Elle allait \u00e0 l’\u00e9cole au village d’en bas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n She went to school down at the village<\/p>\n Elle apprenait les livres, elle apprenait les lois<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n She learned about books, she learned about laws<\/p>\n Elle chantait les grenouilles et les princesses qui dorment au bois<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n She sung about frogs and Sleeping Beauties<\/p>\n Elle aimait sa poup\u00e9e, elle aimait ses amis<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n She loved her doll, she loved her friends<\/p>\n Surtout Ruth, et Anna, et surtout J\u00e9r\u00e9mie<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Especially Ruth, Anna, and especially Jeremy<\/p>\n Et ils se marieraient un jour peut-\u00eatre \u00e0 Varsovie<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n And they will one day perhaps\u00a0marry in Warsaw<\/p>\n Elle s’appelait Sarah elle n’avait pas huit ans<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Her name was Sarah, almost eight years old<\/p>\n Sa vie c’\u00e9tait douceur, r\u00eaves et nuages blancs<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Her life was made of tenderness, dreams, and white clouds<\/p>\n Mais d’autres gens en avaient d\u00e9cid\u00e9 autrement<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n But other people had decided otherwise<\/p>\n Elle avait tes yeux clairs et elle avait ton \u00e2ge<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n She had your light eyes and she was your age<\/p>\n C’\u00e9tait une petite fille sans histoire et tr\u00e8s sage<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n She was a very well-behaved little girl<\/p>\n Mais elle n’est pas n\u00e9e comme toi ici et maintenant<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n But she was not born like you here and now<\/p>\n Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Like you, like you, like you<\/p>\n Comme toi, comme toi, comme toi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Like you, like you, like you<\/p>\n <\/p>\n —Dedicated also to all the Sarahs of our time<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The original song “Comme toi<\/em>” (“Like You”), by Jean-Jacques Goldman<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n