L'été indien [English translation]

You know, I have never been as happy as I was that morning

We were walking along the beach a bit like

It was autumn, an autumn when weather was nice

A season that exists only in North America

Down there one calls it Indian Summer

But this one was simply ours

With your long dress you resembled a watercolor by Marie Laurencin

And I remember, I remember very well

What I told you that morning

A year, a century, an eternity ago

We will be going, where you want to go, whenever you want to

We will be loving each other still even when love will be dead

And all of life will be like the shades of the Indian Summer

Today I'm far away from this morning of autumn

But it's like I was there

I'm thinking of you

Where are you?

Do I still exist for you?

I'm watching this wave that will never reach the dune

You see, like the wave I'm lying down on the sand

And I'm remembering the rising tide flowing in, the sun and happiness drifting away into the sea

An eternity, a century, a year ago

We will be going, where you want to go whenever you want to

We will be loving each other still even when love will be dead

And all of life will be like the shades of the Indian Summer

• Artist:Joe Dassin
• Album:L'été indien (1975)