Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais [English translation]

I have come / to tell you / that I'm going,

And your tears, / your tears, / won't change a thing.

as Verlaine says it well : "on an ill wind"

I have come / to tell you / that I'm going.

you remem/ ber the old days /and you cry

You're choking , turning pale, now that is / come the true time

(of ) eternal farewells.

Yes, I'm sorry to tell

you that I'm going, I must

yes, I loved you, yes, but

I have come / to tell you / that I'm going

your long sobbings /won't change a single thing.

As Verlaine says it well : "on an ill wind"

I have come / to tell you / that I'm going.

you remem/ber happy days /and you cry

You're sobbing, /and whining ,/now that is come the true hour

(of )eternal farewells

Yes, I'm sorry to tell

you that I'm going, I must

. Coz you hurt me too much.

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• Artist:Serge Gainsbourg
• Album:Vu de l'extérieur (1973)