Pour que tu m'aimes encore [English translation]

I've understood all the words,

I've quite understood, thank you.

Sensible and new,1 around here this is how2

Things have changed, [how] the flowers have wilted,

[How] the time before, that was the time before23

[How] if everything flits and becomes weary, love dies out as well.

You need to know...

I'll go seek your heart if you take it somewhere else,

Even if when you dance you dance the hours away with others.4

I'll go look for you5 in the cold6, in the flames7.

I'll cast spells on you so that you still love me...

So that you still love me.

Shouldn't have started, attracted me, touched me.

Shouldn't have given so much, me I don't know how to play around8.

I'm told that nowadays

I'm told that others do the same.

I'm not the others, no, no.

Before we become attached to each other, before we ruin it for each other

I want you to know...

I'll go seek your heart if you take it somewhere else,

Even if when you dance you dance the hours away with others.

I'll go look for you in the cold, in the flames,

I'll cast spells on you so that you still love me.

I'll find languages9 to sing your praises,

I'll pack our bags for an unending grape harvest.

The magic formulas of African marabouts,

I'll say them without remorse so that you still love me.

I'll imagine myself a queen so that you keep me,

I'll become new so that the fire catches again.

I'll become those others that give you pleasure,

Your games will be ours if that's your wish.

Shining brighter, more beautiful for another spark,

I'll turn myself into gold so that you still love me...

So that you should still love me...

So that you should still love me...

So that you should still love me...

So that you should still love me...

1. meaning appears to be something like: you (or they) claim that we all need to be sensible and accept change.2. a. b. The period (punctuation mark) here in the source lyrics is erroneous--the fourth, fifth, and sixth verses are a continuation of the third.3. i.e., what transpired before now no longer matters4. lit. Even if in your dances, others dance your hours.5. lit. your soul6. of winter7. This might mean that she would be willing to overcome any obstacle to follow her love, including, metaphorically, walking through fire.8. (to do something in a way that is not very serious)9. i.e. new ways