Je voudrais tant que tu sois là [English translation]

I would wish as long as you are here

To tell you my loneness,

To tell you my boredom,

to know you even though you are far from me.

I would wish as long as you are here

To tell you my aspiration,

and the price that I have paid,

to have you one day totally for me.

In my desert there is no flowers,

no oasis and winds.

And if you come more often,

it will be better for my heart,

my poor heart.

I would wish as long as you are here

to wake up my flowers that have gone out.

Your absence is like a complaint,

always talking to me about you.

I would wish as long as you are here,

when the clouds pass.

You enlarge my space,

hugging me firmly.

In my desert there is no flowers,

no oasis and winds.

And if you come more often,

you know why I am scared,

because I am scared.

I would wish as long as you are here,

to paint red on my roses.

And in order to reach something,

all the words that I cried with a half-voice.

I would wish as long as you are here,

to share the closed room,

where my future rests,

waiting for you to come.

And in this bounded universe,

where everything is empty and deceiving.

I am able to feel alive,

close to you for whom I am born,

You who don't love me enough.

• Artist:Serge Lama