Le slow de ma vie [English translation]

It is like being at the back of a disco, where everyone is smoking and drinking a whisky

My heart is not skipping a beat, quadriphonically

It is as if, in a haze, somebody had brought back

the future in my memory

The slow of my life

You are not here to dance it with me

The slow of my life

I do not know whom I could choose to replace you and be now here with me

Tonight my eyes are wide open, as wide as the sea

And my heart feels as empty as the universe

as empty as the universe in its immensity

The slow of my life looks like a love story that never ever started

Like a night without tomorrows

Like a bird without a rainbow

I do not like a life ending slowly in a low glow

I love you everyday more, everyday better

You are that someone whose memory will linger in my memory for ever

This slow dance of my life

Is my loneliness dancing in slow motion

This slow dance of my life

Is happiness itself chasing away all my sleepless nights

Tonight my eyes are wide open, as wide as the sea

And my heart is as empty as the universe

This slow dance of my life

Is like a word written on my mirror

While Noise is making love to Boredom

A poet is writing a song in the middle of the night

And a piano is dreaming of a symphony

This slow dance of my life,

You are not here to dance with me

This slow dance of my life

You are the only one that can dance it with me

Tonight, my eyes are wide open, as wide as the ocean

and my heart is as empty as the universe

This slow dance of my life

Is like a love that has never started

This slow dance of my life

Silently

This slow dance of my life

I will never forget you, never ever

*(I just changed the last line because, I dedicate this translation to Marianna Mirno, today in Syria, her country torn by war, who has just announced me that she is now, officially, a Doctor!)*

• Artist:Dalida
• Album:Fini la comédie (1981)