Salut les amoureux [English translation]

The mornings pass and look the same

When love embraces the everyday life

We weren't made to live together

Loving each other isn't enough

It's funny, yesterday we were bored

And we barely found

Words to talk about the bad weather

And now that we must go

We have a hundred thousand things to say

Which are too important for so little time

We loved each other the same way as we're splitting up

Simply without thinking of tomorrow

For tomorrow that always comes a little too fast

For goodbyes that sometimes happen a little too well

We do what we have to, we play our roles

We look at each other, we laugh, we show off a little bit,

We always forgot something

It isn't easy to say goodbye to each other

And we know too well that sooner or later

Maybe tomorrow or even tonight

We'll say that everything isn't lost

From this unfinished novel, we'll make it a fairy tale

But we are too old to believe in this

We loved each other the same way as we're splitting up

Simply without thinking of tomorrow

For tomorrow that always comes a little too fast

For goodbyes that sometimes happen a little too well

Romeo, Juliet and all the others

At the heart of your books, sleep in peace

A simple story like ours

Is one that will never be written

Come on little girl, we have to go,

And leave our memories here

We'll go outside together if you want

And when she'll see us go by

The owner of the coffee shop

Will still say "hello lovers"

We loved each other the same way as we're splitting up

Simply without thinking of tomorrow

For tomorrow that always comes a little too fast

For goodbyes that sometimes happen a little too well

• Artist:Joe Dassin
• Album:Joe 1972