Souffrir par toi n'est pas souffrir [English translation]

If one day you want to come back

Without a word, without tears, without even a smile,

Carelessly and without stopping yourself

Without making over the future with the past...

The evening when I see you smile

In this photo that means nothing

Under your old lamp that trembles and capsizes

You'll come and grimace in my memories

Now, like before

Gently, without paling, without lying, without suffering

Today, I tell you:

Suffering for you is not suffering

It's like dying or having a good laugh

It's being distant from the world of the living

In the forest, see the tree that is dead alone...

As one day you will surely come

Into this living room where time is lost

Let us talk no more of our deserts.

And if you stay I'll set the table

Now, like before

Gently, without paling, without lying, without suffering,

Today I tell you:

All travels mean nothing

I know the things that made you laugh

Me, who lazily piled up memories,

I caress your old sweaters now.

Now, like before, gently,

Stay in the present during your life

Today, stay here.