Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais [English translation]

I came to tell you that I'm going away

And your tears won't change anything.

As Verlaine said so well in "under a bad wind"

I came to tell you that I'm going away.

You are remembering the old days but now you are crying

Suffocating, becoming pale, now when it's time

Of farewell forever.

Yeah, I'm regretting

For telling you I'm going away.

Yes, I loved you, yes, but

I came to tell you that I'm going away.

Your long sobs won't be able to change anything.

As Verlaine said so well in "under a bad wind"

I came to tell you that I'm going away.

You are remembering the old days but now you are crying

Suffocating, becoming pale, now when it's time

Of farewell forever.

Yeah, I'm regretting

For telling you I'm going away.

Because what you did against me is too much.

I came to tell you that I'm going away

And your tears won't change anything.

As Verlaine said so well in "under a bad wind"

I came to tell you that I'm going away.

You are remembering the old days but now you are crying

Suffocating, becoming pale, now when it's time

Of farewell forever.

Yeah, I'm regretting

For telling you I'm going away.

Yeah, I loved you, yeah, but

I came to tell you that I'm going away

And your tears won't change anything.

As Verlaine said so well in "under a bad wind"

I came to tell you that I'm going away.

You are remembering the old days but now you are crying

Suffocating, becoming pale, now when it's time

Of farewell forever.

Yeah, I'm regretting

For telling you I'm going away.

Because what you did against me is too much.

• Artist:Serge Gainsbourg
• Album:Vu de l'extérieur (1973)