Ne me quitte pas [English translation]

Don't leave me

We must forget

All can be forgotten

Which is already fleeing away

To forget the times

Of misunderstanding

And the lost times

To know how

To forget those hours

Which sometimes killed

With blows of "Why?"

The heart of happiness

Don't leave me (4x)

I will offer you

Pearls of rain

Come from lands

Where it doesn't rain

I will dig the earth

Until after my death

To cover your body

With gold and light

I will make a realm

Where Love will be law

Where Love will be king

And you will be queen

Don't leave me (4x)

Don't leave me

I will invent for you

Senseless words

Which you will understand

I will speak to you

Of those lovers

Who have twice seen

Their hearts ignite

I will tell you

The story of that king

Dead of not having

Been able to meet you

Don't leave me (4x)

It has often been seen

For fire to erupt again

From the extinct volcano

That was thought too old

There are, it seems,

Scorched lands

Yielding more wheat

Than the best April

And when the evening comes

For the sky to blaze

Do the red and the black

Not marry?

Don't leave me (4x)

Don't leave me

I will weep no more

I will speak no more

I will hide myself there

To watch you

Dance and smile

And listen to you

Sing and then laugh

Let me become

The shadow of your shadow

The shadow of your hand

The shadow of your dog

Don't leave me

Don't leave me

Don't leave me

Don't leave me

• Artist:Sandie Shaw