Avant de te connaître [English translation]

Before knowing you,

I fell in love.

Before knowing you,

his arms were my sweet chains,

and his gaze captivated me,

and my body close to his

was the slave of his hands.

Before knowing you,

I fell in love.

Before knowing you,

I was enchained by his arms,

taken captive next to him.

I was at the service of his rules,

always submissive to my desire.

Our love was my prison

before knowing you—

before knowing you.

But the day has come—

the day when destiny

united our paths.

Through you, I awaken in love,

I grow greater in love,

I am free in love.

You delivered me by love—

a love that gives instead of taking.

Your arms without my support—

your gaze, my light.

And my body by your grace becomes,

next to you, imperceptible to life.

Through you, I grow greater in love.

Through you, I awaken in love.

My happiness will be a new world

and I discover another love—

immense—infinite—eternal—

greater than you and me

and that leads me to God.

• Artist:Dalida
• Album:L'an 2005 (1969)