Savoir aimer [English translation]

Knowing how to smile

To an unknown woman passing by

Not keeping any trace of it

Except pleasure

Knowing how to love

Without expecting anything in return

Neither esteem nor a great love story

Not even the hope to be loved

(chorus)

But knowing how to give

Giving without taking back

Only learning

Learning how to love

Loving without waiting

Loving to take everything

Learning how to smile

Perfunctorily

Without wanting what goes with it

And learning how to live

And leaving

Knowing how to wait

Tasting this utter happiness

That you were so desperate to find

That you receive it as if by mistake

Picturing yourself believing

To fool the fear of the void

Fixed in yourself like wrinkles

Tarnishing the mirrors

(chorus)

Knowing how to suffer

In silence, without a whimper

Neither defense nor armor

Suffering to death wish

And picking yourself up

As you are reborn from your own ashes

With so much overflowing love

That you can forget the past

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Learning how to dream

Dreaming for two

Just by closing your eyes

And knowing how to give

Giving without mistake

Whole-heartedly

Learning how to stay

Desiring until the end

Staying regardless

Learning how to love

And leaving

And leaving