Sempre, sempre [English translation]

If tenderness and poetry

left us nostalgia,

how many of these have we lost

now that you're away and not thinking about them anymore ?

I ache so much without you,

and so be it if I won't heal

as my pains are of a beauty to die for

each time they come back and say

"Sempre, sempre"...

Pity if for you it meant "never again",

all those words you wanted to swear,

those words that made me hope,

and broke me

"Sempre, sempre"...

A few words of love you left me with

If that love is so true,

it is a void I can't get used to

In my soul there is this shimmer,

This glow that is never put out

when one loved too much

I write you name when the night is pounding

When darkness is here

In the silence I pray and forget everything from this world

And I escape into these so deep pains

Everything that split us apart comes back to haunt me so strongly

Like these little things that hurt so much,

Wound me like crystals of regrets

"Sempre, sempre"...

A few words of love you left me with

If that love is so true,

it is a void I can't get used to

In my soul there is this shimmer,

That comes back and lights up again

"Sempre, sempre"...

A few words of love you left me with

A few words of love you left me with

In my soul there is this shimmering,

This glow that is never put out

when one loved ,

when one loved too much

• Artist:Hélène Ségara
• Album:Au nom d'une femme (2000)