Ma jeunesse fout l'camp [English translation]

My youth’s slipping away

To the poem's finale

Rhyme by rhyme steps beyond

Exhausting its words

My youth’s slipping away

As a green garden alley

Leads to a dried up pond

Now abandoned by birds

No more walks in the woods

No more singing together

Of that childish song

Which was silly and lame

While daydreaming of boys

That at parties then gathered

I forgot the song’s name

I forgot the song’s name

No more walks in the woods

No bloom we can find

It is raining today

Our footprints are gone

Out of those many songs

That were then in my mind

Can’t recall even one

Can’t recall even one

My youth’s slipping away,

A guitar’s gently weeping

My youth’s silent and slow

I can’t stop it, alas

My youth’s moving away

Unrelentingly slipping

And it looks like you did

When we laid on the grass

No more walks in the woods

The fall day’s dark like night

Will the spring be returning -

Am I waiting in vain

For a glimmer of light

For some hope in the morning

That would stop my heart’s pain

That would stop my heart’s pain

No more fun in the woods

For us walking together

My youth’s slipping away

And in it I see you

And your steps make a sound

But you are gone forever

Oh if you only knew

Oh if you only knew

• Artist:Françoise Hardy
• Album:Ma jeunesse fout le camp