Requiem pour un fou [English translation]

I'm warning you, don't come closer,

Whether you're a cop or onlooker.

I'll kill the one who makes a move.

No, I'll not do any favors!

And turn off all these search-lights,

And lower your guns pointed on me.

No, I'll not fly away without her.

Tell the priest, tell the pastor,

That elsewhere they go and be hanged.

The devil came earlier,

And my soul is no longer for sale.

If you grant me this night,

At dawn, I'll give you my life.

Cause, what would be my life without her (him -> Lara)?

I was such a madman. But due to love,

She made out of me a madman, a madman of love.

My heaven, it was her eyes, her mouth.

My life, it was her body, her body ...

I loved her so much that as to keep her; I killed her.

Because for a great love to last forever,

It must die, it must to die of love ...

The day rises, the night's palling,

Hunters and dogs are starving.

It's time to sound the hunting,

The beast must die this morning.

I'll open wide the shutters,

Aim for the heart; I'm waiting.

I want to fall asleep with her (him -> Lara) forever.

I was a madman. But due to love,

She made out of me a madman, a madman of love.

My heaven, it was her (his -> Lara) eyes, (his -> Lara) mouth.

My life, it was her (his -> Lara) body, her (his -> Lara) body ...

I loved her so much that as to keep her; I killed her.

I'm just a madman (You're just a madman -> Lara), just a madman of love

A poor madman who dies,

Who dies of love ...

• Artist:Johnny Hallyday
• Album:Derrière l'amour (1976)