Ô triste, triste était mon âme [English translation]

Oh sad, sad was my soul

Because, because of a woman.

I did not comfort myself

Even if my heart went away,

Even if my heart, Even if my soul

Fled far away from this woman.

I did not comfort myself

Even if my heart went away.

And my heart, my heart too sensitive

Told my soul : Is it possible,

Is it possible, - was it ever,

This proud exile, this sad exile ?

My soul told my heart : Do I know,

Myself, What this trap wants of us

To be present even when exiled,

Still well gone far away ?

Oh sad, sad was my soul

Because, because of a woman.

• Artist:Léo Ferré