Tout au plus [English translation]

How often did I think of going back to our place… And if I have not done so yet, it is not because the love is finished. Me, I still love you, you know… No, I did not do it only because I was afraid to find you changed… But tonight if I had to go back…

At most,

You will welcome me

With the indifference

You never had

And then you will talk

Of unimportant things

Just like a stranger

Who did not know me…

And at the most,

You will tell me

That to replace you

So many others have loved me

And yet you know well

That a woman like me

Never made love,

Love without love…

At most,

You will hurt me,

Then you will chase me

As if I were nothing

But a shadow of the past

That left you nothing,

That I was only a type

That amused you a little…

Then I will go

And you will hold me back,

To make me forgive you,

You will open your arms,

You will tell me: "I love you,

I only loved you!"

If it were true, my God,

My God, if it were true…

At most,

She will be there –

The woman who took

My place in your life

And then...

Then...

Then I will go

And you will hold me back,

To make me forgive you,

You will open your arms,

You will tell me: "I love you,

I only loved you!"

If it were true, my God,

My God, if it were true…

At most,

She will be there

The woman who took

My place in your life

And then...

So...

Enough.