Le Sonnet d'Arvers [English translation]

My life has its secret my soul has its mystery

An eternal love conceived in a moment

Evil is without hope and I’ve had to keep quiet

And she who did it never knew anything about it

Alas I will have passed close to her unnoticed

Always at her side and yet alone

And I will have to the end spent all my time on earth

Not daring to ask for anything and receiving nothing

For her even though God made her sweet and gentle

She will go her way distracted and unhearing

This murmur of love raised by her steps

To austere duty piously faithful

She will say, reading these verses all filled with her

“So who is this woman?”

And will not understand

• Artist:Serge Gainsbourg
• Album:L'étonnant Serge Gainsbourg