Lyrics and translation Thomas Dutronc - Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves

Oh, je voudrais tant que tu te souviennes
Des jours heureux où nous étions amis
En ce temps-là la vie était plus belle
Et le soleil plus brûlant qu′aujourd'hui

Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle
Tu vois, je n′ai pas oublié
Les feuilles mortes se ramassent à la pelle
Les souvenirs et les regrets aussi

Et le vent du nord les emporte
Dans la nuit froide de l'oubli
Tu vois, je n'ai pas oublié
La chanson que tu me chantais

C′est une chanson qui nous ressemble
Toi, tu m′aimais et je t'aimais
Nous vivions tous les deux ensemble
Toi qui m′aimais, moi qui t'aimais

Mais la vie sépare ceux qui s′aiment
Tout doucement, sans faire de bruit
Et la mer efface sur le sable
Les pas des amants désunis

The falling leaves drift by the window
The autumn leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sun-burned hands I used to hold

Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter′s song
But I miss you most of all, my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

Autumn Leaves

Oh, I wish you would remember
The happy days when we were friends
In those days life was more beautiful
And the sun is hotter than it is today

Dead leaves are piling up
You see, I haven't forgotten
Dead leaves are piling up
Memories and regrets too

And the north wind carries them away
Into the cold night of oblivion
You see, I haven't forgotten
The song you sang to me

It's a song that sounds like us
You, you loved me and I loved you
We both lived together
You who loved me, I who loved you

But life separates those who love each other
Very quietly, without making a sound
And the sea erases in the sand
The steps of lovers separated

The falling leaves drift by the window
The autumn leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sunburned hands I used to hold

Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter's song
But I miss you most of all, my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall