Qui [English translation]

Who will brush your lips with his,

vibrate a fever,

be amazed at your body,

become your maître,

cause a new birth,

a new well being,

and another happiness?

Who will take a relief

to fill your dreams,

and without a remorse

in a burst of laughter,

manage your conduct

better than destroying self

deep in your heart?

Who will possibly this other be,

who will be this intruder

in all this we have been together

when I will no longer exist?

Who will take away your flaws

with the caress

and words of love

covering to forget

our days of despair?

who will bring your life

to the tip of my days?

We have lived 20 years apart

our love is the "measure"

and I have a quailed heart

for those years

because when my eyes are closed forever,

the other eyes will contemplate you

And so, I struggle with this idea

in my thoughts

Who without your protest

will refer to gestures

of whom, who are not like us

every time I embrace you

every time I entwine with you

who is going to take my place

around your neck?

Who will know your stages

of sudden madness

or better said, your angers?

Who will have the luck

to have your presence

often when I think

I become jealous?

Who can deny not to say

we have known nothing on each other,

and my heart is so torn up of the thought that someone

will bring you an " I love you"

and since I love you,

I know that already

he will take your lips

he will take your bed

and those will bury me

for the second time.

• Artist:Charles Aznavour
• Album:Qui ? (1963)