Nathalie [English translation]

the Red Square was empty

in front of me Nathalie was walking

she had a beautiful name, my guide

nathalie.

the Red Square was white

snow mades a carpet

and I followed in this cold sunday

Nathalie

she spoke with modests sentences

about the October Revolution

I already thought

that after Lenin's grave

we would go to the Pouchkine caffee

to drink a chocolate

the red square was empty

I took her arm, she smiled to me

my guide had a blond hair

nathalie, nathalie

In her room at the university

a group of students

was waiting for her impatiently

we have laughted, we have talked a lot

they wanted to know everything

Nathalie was translating

Moscow, the Ukraine plains

and the Champs Elisees

we mixed everything

and we sang

and after they have unkorked a bottle

laughing first

about french champagne

and we have danced

and when the room was empty

all the friends were gone

I stayed alone with my guide

nathalie

No more modests sentences

Nor October Revolution

We were no more there

No more Lenin's grave

Nor the Pouchkine caffee

That was already far

my life seems empty to me

but I know that someday in paris

i will be her guide

nathalie nathalie

• Artist:Gilbert Bécaud