La jupe en laine [English translation]

Black shoes, a wool skirt,

I don't sleep anymore you know I'm watching,

Her sleep,

And everything that hurts her kills me.

I don't live anymore you know I'm burning

And everything that hurts her kills me,

Jealous and gorgeous,

I'm watching her sleep you know.

She leans, she swings,

Nothing's lacking you see

Nor the silences, nor the pledges, nor the ribbons,

Loyal and blue

Nor the quarrels of lovers

(Chorus)

Black shoes, a wool skirt,

I don't sleep anymore you know I'm watching,

Her sleep,

And everything that hurts her kills me.

When the evening comes,

Don't believe we'll make love in the dark,

And in the bedroom,

She laughs, she lies

And I'm dying, of my love for her

Other times, I think of her,

As of the good Lord without believing it too much,

The mad hope, of crazy love

She dances, she sings and when she leaves

I wait, I wait, I truly pray.

(Chorus)

Black shoes, a wool skirt,

I don't sleep anymore you know I'm watching,

Her sleep,

And everything that hurts her kills me.

She leans, she swings,

Nothing's lacking you see

Nor the silences, nor the pledges, nor the ribbons,

Loyal and blue

Nor the quarrels of lovers

Other times, I think of her,

As of the good Lord without believing it too much,

Other times, I think of her,

As of the good Lord without believing it too much,

The mad hope, of crazy love

She dances, she sings and when she leaves

I wait, I wait, I truly pray.

(Chorus)

Black shoes, a wool skirt,

I don't sleep anymore you know I'm watching,

Her sleep,

And everything that hurts her kills me.

• Artist:Julien Clerc