Mon amie la rose [English translation]

Chorus 1:

We are so few things

And my friend the rose told me so this morning

Verse 1:

I was born at dawn

Baptised in dew

I blossomed

Happy and in love

In the rays of the sun

I closed myself at night

I awoke old

Yet I was beautiful

the most beautiful

Of all the flowers in your garden

Chorus 1

Verse 2

We are so few things

And my friend the rose told me so this morning

See, the God who made me

Made my head bowed down

And I feel I'm falling

And I feel I'm falling

My heart is almost bare

I have the foot in the grave

Already I am not

You admired me only yesterday

And I shall be dust

Forever, tomorrow

We are so few things

And my friend the rose

Died this morning

The moon this night

Kept vigil over my friend

And I saw in a dream

Her soul, dancing

Dazzling and naked,

Above the heavens,

Smiling at me.

Believe who can believe

I need Hope

Or else I am nothing

repeat chorus & verse

• Artist:Natacha Atlas
• Album:Best Of Natacha Atlas (2005)