La mer, les étoiles et le vent [English translation]

It's strange, I thought I loved the sea

The sea whose bottom one doesn't see

The sea, whose end lies out of sight

With you, it's rather the contrary

You hide no mystery

It's strange, I thought I loved the wind

The wind doesn't obey

It comes and goes where it wills

You aren't like the wind

You who become attached

wherever I go

And I thought I loved the stars

They are so far away

Shining bright

And I thought I was dreaming of the stars

Like one dreams of the unobtainable

And these distances between them and you

These things one doesn't say

That I shouldn't say to you

The sea, the stars and the wind

Ever since I saw your smile

They don't matter so much to me anymore

• Artist:Françoise Hardy