L’amour etc [1974] [English translation]

You were only a needle in a haystack

But I knew how to find you, even if I never find anything.

Love is like a tune:

Today you sing it but tomorrow you'll forget it.

Love is an ocean,

A walk to the star where we often lose ourselves.

Sleep is good when you sleep by me,

When you arrive in my dreams, coming from my arms.

Love is like a bird,

It travels far away and falls from above.

Love is like the wind,

It's very warm but it may be cold.

It changes every time.

I have been asleep during the years without realizing it.

I only waked up the day of your leaving.

Love is like Latin,

We think it's forgotten and then it comes back to us.

Love is like poker

And it's nearly always the one who lies less who loses.

The morning when the day won't rise,

You'll know you haven't existed for me.

Love is like summer:

We need autumn to regret it.

Love is like a child:

He has been given everything and he leaves when he is grown up.

• Artist:Joe Dassin