Je l'aime à mourir [English translation]

I used to be nothing

But here I am now

Watching over

The sleep of her nights

I love her so much I could die

You can destroy

Anything you want

She only needs to open

The span of her arms

To rebuild everything

To rebuild everything

I love her so much I could die

She’s erased the numbers

On the clocks around here

She’s made of my life

Paper hens

And roars of laughter

She’s built bridges

Between us and heaven

And we go across them

Each time she

Doesn’t want to sleep

Doesn’t want to sleep

I love her so much I could die

She must’ve fought all the wars

To be so strong today

She must’ve gone through all the wars

Of life, and [through] love too

She does her best to live

Her opaline dream

She dances through

The forests she draws

I love her so much I could die

She wears ribbons

And then lets them go

She sings to me often that

It’s wrong for me to try

To hold them back

To hold them back

I love her so much I could die

To climb into her cave

Hidden in a garret

I must nail notes

To my wooden clogs

I love her so much I could die

I just have to sit down

I must not speak

I must wish for nothing

But simply endeavour

To belong to her

/To be hers

I love her so much I could die

• Artist:Francis Cabrel
• Album:Les Chemins de traverse (1979)