Le Jardin du Luxembourg [English translation]

The Luxembourg Garden-

I haven't been there for quite a while.

There are some children running around, leaves falling...

Students daydreaming that they've finished their studies,

Professors daydreaming that the students are doing them.

There are some lovers quietly revisiting

the red carpets autumn has laid out for them.

And then there's me; I'm alone, and a bit cold.

Another day without love...

Another day in this life...

The 'Luxembourg' has got older.

Is this what it is?

Is this what I am?

I don't know.

Another day without the sun,

Another day flying by...

Into sleep, into oblivion,

a fading spark...

There, where that child walks, is where I once walked;

He's almost following the footprints I left there.

My boats are playing again in that pool...

If those years gone by are really dead,

then their traces are alive and well.

Another day without love...

Another day in this life...

A day of departing rain,

a day of rain, far from you.

---[dialogue begins]---

You told me that you loved me,

I believed you; you tricked me.

It was too good to be true.

I'm off to search elsewhere.

I told you that I loved you,

and I believed it, and it was true.

You were my everything- now everything's over.

You're gone, but you're still everywhere.

As for me, I'm almost fine.

My life continues,

and I go where it takes me.

But if you call me,

you'll see how nothing changes.

As for me, I'm almost fine.

Life continues,

and I go where it takes me.

But if you call me,

you'll see how nothing changes.

In the near future,

is there some way for us to meet again?

Come, come some time,

I'm waiting for you, my last chance.

I wanted to succeed in my life,

and I've succeeded in everything but my life.

I had a seed of madness in me,

which hasn't sprouted yet, hasn't taken root.

Tell me, what have I made of my life?

Tell me, what have I made of yours?

I wanted you to live my life,

and you wanted to live yours.

I had a seed of beauty in me,

which I've left aside to sprout.

Tell me, what have I made of your life?

Tell me, what have I made of mine?

Another day without love...

Another day in this life...

A day of departing rain,

a day of rain, far from you.

All my lifetime for yours,

all of eternity for a single day,

I'll give everything for just one thing,

just to see you make a detour

for the Luxembourg Garden.

All my lifetime for yours,

all of eternity for a single day,

for a single smile, a single glance,

for the madness of a single hope.

I'm going to dig a tomb for my past,

I'm going to run across the whole world to find you.

I'm going to shatter the glass that separates us

and look happiness in the face in your mirror.

Life isn't worth living, except through you.

All my roads lead to you,

all the world's roads lead to your life,

to its shining beacon...

• Artist:Joe Dassin
• Album:Le Jardin du Luxembourg (1976)