Le temps d'aimer [English translation]

Dimitri, Sonia,

Have just said "yes"

A barbaric church on the Volga

In the poor and not really big

Apartment

All their friends, their relatives are crowding

Babouchka from Ukraine

Underneath her woolen shawl

Is struggling to hide her pain

The icons, the candles,

Vodka, zakouski

The mother has spent the night there

Toast to happiness

Drink, don't be afraid

Shed tears

These are only tears of happiness

{Chorus:}

And the Gypsy played for them the time to love,

The time to live, to live together and forever

A foolish hope of teenager always at the gates of childhood

To still believe in the time to love

The father of the groom

A former Crimean

Is standing proud and decorated

A cousin of Kiev

Hurt by the marriage

Recites a poem with sadness

Toast to happiness

Drink, don't be afraid

Shed tears

These are only tears of happiness

{to the chorus}

{Instrumental}

{Spoken:}

Then the bride threw me her bouquet

And in the sweet perfume of the wilted flowers

I also found myself believing

Still believing in the time to love

{to the chorus, x2}

• Artist:Dalida
• Album:Le visage de l'amour (1986)