À la claire fontaine [English translation]

By the clear fountain,

On my promenade

I found the water so fair

That I stopped there to bathe

I have loved you for a long, long time

Never will I forget you.

Under an oak tree

I dried myself

On its highest branch

A nightingale was singing

I have loved you for a long, long time

Never will I forget you.

Sing, nightingale, sing

You with your carefree heart

Your heart feels like laughing

Mine feels like weeping

I have loved you for a long, long time

Never will I forget you.

I have lost my dear friend

Without just cause

For a bouquet of roses

That I refused her

I have loved her for a long long time

Never will I forget her.

I would that the rose

Were still on its briar

And that my sweet friend

Still there to love me

I have loved her for a long long time

Never will I forget her

I have loved you for a long long time

Never ever will I forget you.

• Artist:Grégoire
• Album:Toi + Moi