Mon amie la rose [English translation]

A Life time 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

The sun shined through

And by the night time I was old

At least there have never been

A rose as beautiful as me

In the flowers of your garden

A Life time comes and goes…

And my friend the rose

Told me this morning

See the God who

Made me Bow my head

I feel I’m falling now

Yes, I’m falling now

My heart is almost bare

My feet is in the grave

Already I’m no longer there

You admired me yesterday

And I'll be gone just as dust

Tomorrow forever…

A life time comes and goes

And so my friend the rose

Died this morning

The moon is shining bright

And I dreamed tonight

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 only yesterday…

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