Frédérica [English translation]

Since childhood,

I've thought

Of that time

When you can say

Without laughin':

'Darlin', I love you so much'

But a poet

Is silly.

In love, he's shy.

He just stands there

Saying nothin'.

He daren't, he's stupid.

Oh Frederica,

My dream of love,

My ideal,

I think of you,

Frederica,

Night and day.

Your wonderful eyes

Captured my heart

And it's fatal.

My heart is heavy,

Frederica,

With love for you.

When night falls,

I fly towards you,

Towards your illusion

To a happy land,

My blue land,

A land of fantasy.

Oh Frederica,

My dream of love,

My ideal,

I think of you,

Frederica,

And it's normal.

Oh Frederica,

My dream of love,

My ideal,

I think of you,

Frederica,

Night and day.

Your wonderful eyes

Captured my heart

And it's fatal.

My heart is heavy,

Frederica,

With love for you.

When night falls,

I fly towards you,

Towards your illusion

To a happy land,

To a blue land,

A country of fantasy.

Oh Frederica,

My dream of love,

My ideal,

I think of you,

Frederica,

And it's normal.

• Artist:Charles Trenet