La chanson de Prévert [English translation]

10.oh, how (much )I wish you could remem-

-ber that this lovely song was yours,

It was your favourite one, I'm sure

It was by Prevert and Kosma.

And, every time, the Fallen Leaves

Bring you back to my memory

Day after day

the fallen loves

never finish fading away.

I surrender, of course, to other ones,

but their song is a charmless one

And my indifference grows on,

Against that, nothing can be done.

For, every time, the Fallen leaves

Bring you back to my memory

Day after day

the fallen loves

never finish fading away.

Can one ever know where commences

And when ends up indifference ?

May winter come, may autum pass

and may as well Prevert's song pass ,

This good old song,

The Fallen Leaves,

Blows itself from my memory

And ,on that day,

My fallen loves

Will have finished fading away.

and ,on that day,

My fallen loves

Will have finished fading away.

• Artist:Serge Gainsbourg