Le Café des trois colombes [English translation]

Nancy in winter, a wet snow

A girl entered in a cafe

Me, I drink my drink, she sat near by

I don't know how to approach her (1)

The rain, the good weather, it's noting great

But it's good for breaking the ice (2)

Then comes the moment we speak about ourselves

And the snow melted underneath our steps

We met at the cafe of three doves

A date of love without shelter

We were good, we were feeling all alone in the world

We had nothing, but we had all of life

Nancy in spring, it resembled the south (3)

She loved me, and I loved her too

We walked and talked, we remade philosophy

I take (her) photo a thousand times

The little bistros all over the place

Set out their terraces in the sun (4)

But there was too much light and noise

We waited for the night to come

We saw each other at the cafe of three doves

A date of love without shelter

We were good, we were feeling all alone in the world

We had nothing, but we had all of life

Nancy, it's too far, at the edge of the earth (5)

It gets farther away each anniversary

But I'm certain, my worries remember it

The happiness went by the Lorraine (6)

She went away to follow other paths

That don't often cross mine

I forget you, but it's stronger than me

It happens of me to think of you

We saw each other at the cafe of three doves

A date of love without shelter

We were good, we were feeling all alone in the world

We had nothing, but we had all of life

• Artist:Joe Dassin