Il n'a chanté qu'un soir [English translation]

He sang for just one night

in this little cafe.

He sang for a drink

and for love.

He sang for just one night

several songs of summer,

and I wanted to believe him

because he believed in what he sang.

It was full of the ocean,

of sun and of wind.

It was pure like him—

pure like the rain.

He sang for just one night.

I went towards him,

towards his strange refrains

set to melodies from another country.

It was full of caresses,

of sweetness, of youth.

It was real like him—

as real as the night.

He will sing tonight

in a country far away.

He sings without knowing

that I—here—I dream of him.