Ces petits riens [English translation]

Best to think about nothing

Than not thinking at all

Nothing is already

Nothing is already a lot

We remember nothing

And then we forget everything

Nothing is much better

Nothing is much better than everything

Best to think about nothing

Than thinking about you

It doesn't mean anything to me

It doesn't mean anything to me at all

But as if nothing

Had happened, I think about all

These little things

Which came from you

If it was a pittance

A pittance between us

Obviously

It doesn't make a lot

These little things

I put end to end

These little things

Which came from you

Best to cry for nothing

Than laugh at everything

Cry for nothing

It's already a lot

But you, you have nothing

In your heart and I admit

I envy you

I resent you a lot

These little things

Which came from you

Do you want them?

Here you go! What do you want

I personally want for anything

In the world nothing else from you

To be yours

You have to be half crazy

• Artist:Jane Birkin