J'aurais voulu [English translation]

Half open mouth

She smiled at you

She seemed free

To all who passed

I thought she was too beautiful

I wish I was her

So your eyes look at me

like they looked at her

Lying on the beach

Her long hair undone

Was she a mirage?

Who suddenly blinded you?

I thought she was too beautiful

I wish I was her

So you want me the way

you want

Would I have done the same for you?

Would I have left everything for you?

Leaning against you

Happy and consenting

Taking you away from me

Distant, indifferent

I thought she was too beautiful

I wish I was her

To make you suffer as much as

I suffered then

To make you suffer as much as

I still suffer.

• Artist:Françoise Hardy