Paroles, paroles… [English translation]

(It's strange,

I don't know what will happen to me tonight.

I look at you as though it were the first time (that I saw you).)

Again, words, always words,

the same words,

(I don't know how else to talk to you,)

Nothing but words.

(but you are this beautiful love story

that I will never stop reading.)

Easy words, fragile words.

It was too beautiful,

(You are of yesterday and of tomorrow,)

much too beautiful.

(always my only truth.)

But the time for dreams is finished;

the memories fade as well

when we forget them.

(You are like the wind that makes the violins play

and takes away (with you) the scent of roses.)

Toffees, candy, and chocolates;

(At times I can't understand you.)

(No) thanks, not for me,

but you can offer them to another

who likes the wind and the scent of roses.

(For) me, the tender words coated in sweetness

stay in my mouth but never in my heart.

(A(nother) word again.)

Words, words, words...

(Listen to me.)

Words, words, words...

(Please.)

Words, words, words...

(I swear to you.)

Words, words, words, words, words,

again these words that you sow in the wind.

(Here is my destiny talking to you,

talking to you as though for the first time.)

Again, words, always words,

the same words,

(How I would like for you to understand me,)

nothing but words.

(for you to listen to me at least once.)

Magical words, tactical words

that sound fake.

(You are my forbidden dream,)

Yes, so fake.

(my only torment and my only hope.)

Nothing stops you when you start.

If you only knew how I want

some silence...

(To me, you are the only music

that makes the stars dance on the dunes.)

Toffees, candy, and chocolates:

(If you didn't already exist, I would invent you.)

(No) thanks, not for me,

but you can open them for another

who likes the stars on the dunes.

(For) me, the tender words coated in sweetness

stay in my mouth but never in my heart.

(Again, a word, just a word.)

Words, words, words...

(Listen to me.)

Words, words, words...

(Please.)

Words, words, words...

(I swear to you.)

Words, words, words, words, words,

again these words that you sow in the wind.

(How beautiful you are!)

Words, words, words...

(How beautiful you are!)

Words, words, words...

(How beautiful you are!)

Words, words, words...

(How beautiful you are!)

Words, words, words, words, words,

again these words that you sow in the wind.

• Artist:Dalida
• Album:Julien… (1973)