L'amour est parti [English translation]

Love is gone

and life goes on

The summer rain

brings oblivion

and falls silently

as the quiet hours go by.

The rain of my heart

The rain of oblivion

I've learned the handsome face

of love is bound to die someday

and my torment,

frail and shuddering

like a bird

flew away into the night.

Love is gone and

the rain of my heart

the rain of oblivion

falls silently.

One glorious day I saw

the handsome face of love

being reborn. It came,

clad in green water and soft grass,

clearer than a morning,

and I was weeping.

The summer wind

the wind told me

this was happiness.

The wind of life

carries away silently

carries away the rain

the rain of my heart.

Love is gone and

the rain of my heart

the rain of oblivion

falls silently.

• Artist:Juliette Gréco