Des histoires [English translation]

Just not to know for whom,

Just not to know why I was living my life,

I told myself, told myself, told myself,

I told myself, told myself stories,

Just to know why we laugh,

Why we weep.

Why is it that we have a heart ?

I told myself, told myself, told myself,

I told myself, told myself stories

And, little by little,

I finally fell in love with you

And one day, your story

Came into my life.

Just not to toughen up,

At first, I didn't understand very well

But despite myself, I told myself, told myself, told myself,

I told myself, told myself stories,

Love stories, a little, a lot

Never, always, and suddenly with all my heart.

I told myself, told myself, told myself,

I told myself, told myself stories

And, little by little,

I finally fell in love with you

Loving you far too much

So that you might love me back.

Just not to know for whom,

Just not to know why you left me,

I told myself, told myself, told myself,

I told myself, told myself stories :

It wasn't true, your lack of heart

And you just wanted to scare me,

That you would come back,

That it was never anything, never anything, never anything,

That it was never anything, never anything but a story,

But it was too late,

That time, to believe it,

Too late to forget you,

Too late to stop loving you.

Just not to know for whom...

Just not to know why...

• Artist:Édith Piaf