Mon amie la rose [English translation]

A lifetime comes and goes

And my friend the rose

Told me this morning

At dawn I was born

Baptized with the dew

I blossomed

Happy and in love

To the rays of the sun

I was closed during the night

I awoke old.

Yet I was very beautiful

Yes, I was the most beautiful

Of the flowers of your garden.

A lifetime comes and goes

And my friend the rose

Told me this morning

See the God who

Made me Bow my head

And I feel I’m falling now

And I feel I’m falling now

My heart is almost bare

My feet are in the grave

Already I’m gone

You admired me yesterday

And I will be dust

Forever tomorrow

A lifetime comes and goes

And my friend the rose

Died this morning

The moon tonight

Assured my friend.

In a dream, I saw

Dazzling and naked

His soul dancing

Far beyond the clouds

And smiled

The ones who can believe

Me, I need to hope

Otherwise I ‘m nothing

A Life time comes and goes

That’s what my friend the rose

Said yesterday morning

• Artist:Françoise Hardy
• Album:Mon amie la rose (1964)