Soleil [English translation]

And it was him, the sun,

who woke us up

each morning,

and the sea was beautiful

and we ran towards it,

hand in hand.

And then we walked along the beach,

you looked for seashells

like a child,

putting them to your ear

to hear, I remember,

the ocean inside.

Refrain:

Sun I love you

and always

you are faithful,

but love

is not often like you,

why?

You were always hungry,

ripe fruit and wine

were for you.

You scolded me sometimes

when I wasn't eating,

it was nothing.

And water stretched along the sand,

our dreams were the same,

I remember:

we talked about the house

and the children we would have

and we were well.

Refrain

And it will always be the sun

who wakes me up

each morning.

Winter sun or summer sun,

he sees the loves come and go,

and the melancholy.

How many beaches will it take?

How many more faces

to, like you,

forget the blonde child

that we will never have?

Refrain (twice)

• Artist:Françoise Hardy