Je te veux [English translation]

From the gravedigger, one hundred times guilty

To the inconsolable organ player

It all overwhelms and cries at me

Let her go

The old silver saxophone

Comes to whistle in my ears

But I was not born

To watch you leave

I want you...

I want you...

So much

The drunken delegate turns round and round

In the streets of the procession

Where the saviour himself is said

To claim you

Me, I’m waiting for someone to come and stop me

from drinking from my chipped cup

Which illuminates only half

Of my soul

I want you...

I want you...

I want you...

So much

Our fathers lived very well

Without worrying about love

Their daughters no longer stand

For me to ignore it in (at my turn)

And I will go to the Queen of Spades

To talk to the beautiful maid

I will need to explain to her

Why

If I appreciate all she gives me

If she knows me better than anyone

Even when my strength abandons me

Even then,

I want you...

I want you...

I want you...

So much

Your dancer in chinese dress

I took the flute from his fingers

It was doubtless clumsy

I admit it

I did it because he had lied

Because before, you had left

Because time plays for him

But mainly because

I want you...

I want you...

I want you...

So much,

I want you...

Our fathers lived very well

Without worrying about love

Their daughters no longer stand

For me to ignore it in (at my turn)

From the gravedigger, one hundred times guilty

To the inconsolable organ player

It all overwhelms and cries at me

Let her go

Ah, but I want you...

I want you...

I want you...

So much,

I want you...

• Artist:Francis Cabrel
• Album:Vise le ciel