Lyrics and translation Marianne Faithfull - The Wedding

The Wedding

"When you marry you will change,"
Said the woman to the man.
"When I marry I will change you,"
Said the woman to the man.
So they married and were happy.
They were happy for a time,
Still they thought about each other
All the time.
"When I marry I will be you,"
Said the woman to the man.
"When you marry you'll be someone,"
Said the woman to the man.
So they married and were someone.
They were someone for a time,
Still they thought about each other
All the time.
"When you leave me you'll be sorry,"
Said the woman to the man.
"When you leave me I will haunt you,"
Said the woman to the man.
So he left her and was haunted.
They were haunted for a time,
Still they thought about each other
All the time.
"When I left him I was happy,"
Said the woman to the child.
"When I left him I was happy,"
Said the woman to her child.
So I left him and was happy,
I was happy with his child.
"You won't know him when you meet him,"
Said the woman to the child.
"You won't know him if you meet him,"
Said the woman to the child.
But he met him and said, "Father,
You were father for a time,
I just wondered who you were in my mind."
"Well, I told you he's your father,"
Said the woman to the child.
"Well, I knew it, you would love him,"
Said the woman to her child.
And I loved him and I loved him
And was happy with our child.
What was it that made you
Treat us so unkind?
"What's the problem, why 're you crying?"
Said the woman to the man.
"He's your father, he's your father,"
Said the woman to her son.
"He's the problem, he's my father,
He was father for a time."
"When I die I'll be with him,"
Said the woman to her son.
"When I die you'll forgive me,"
Said the woman to the man.
So she did and was buried,
Buried with him for all time.
"When I love you we will marry,"
Said the woman to the man,
"And our children will have children,"
Said the woman to the man.
So they married and had children,
They had children for all time.

Le Mariage

"Quand tu te marieras, tu changeras,"
Dit la femme à l'homme.
"Quand je me marierai, je te changerai,"
Dit la femme à l'homme.
Alors ils se sont mariés et ont été heureux.
Ils ont été heureux pendant un temps,
Mais ils pensaient toujours l'un à l'autre
Tout le temps.
"Quand je me marierai, je serai toi,"
Dit la femme à l'homme.
"Quand tu te marieras, tu seras quelqu'un,"
Dit la femme à l'homme.
Alors ils se sont mariés et ont été quelqu'un.
Ils ont été quelqu'un pendant un temps,
Mais ils pensaient toujours l'un à l'autre
Tout le temps.
"Quand tu me quitteras, tu le regretteras,"
Dit la femme à l'homme.
"Quand tu me quitteras, je te hanterai,"
Dit la femme à l'homme.
Alors il l'a quittée et a été hanté.
Ils ont été hantés pendant un temps,
Mais ils pensaient toujours l'un à l'autre
Tout le temps.
"Quand je l'ai quitté, j'étais heureuse,"
Dit la femme à l'enfant.
"Quand je l'ai quitté, j'étais heureuse,"
Dit la femme à son enfant.
Alors je l'ai quitté et j'étais heureuse,
J'étais heureuse avec son enfant.
"Tu ne le reconnaîtras pas quand tu le rencontreras,"
Dit la femme à l'enfant.
"Tu ne le reconnaîtras pas si tu le rencontres,"
Dit la femme à l'enfant.
Mais il l'a rencontré et a dit, "Père,
Tu as été père pendant un temps,
Je me demandais juste qui tu étais dans mon esprit."
"Eh bien, je t'ai dit qu'il est ton père,"
Dit la femme à l'enfant.
"Eh bien, je le savais, tu l'aimerais,"
Dit la femme à son enfant.
Et je l'ai aimé et je l'ai aimé
Et j'étais heureuse avec notre enfant.
Qu'est-ce qui t'a fait
Nous traiter si mal?
"Quel est le problème, pourquoi tu pleures?"
Dit la femme à l'homme.
"C'est ton père, c'est ton père,"
Dit la femme à son fils.
"C'est le problème, c'est mon père,
Il a été père pendant un temps."
"Quand je mourrai, je serai avec lui,"
Dit la femme à son fils.
"Quand je mourrai, tu me pardonneras,"
Dit la femme à l'homme.
Alors elle l'a fait et a été enterrée,
Enterrée avec lui pour toujours.
"Quand je t'aimerai, nous nous marierons,"
Dit la femme à l'homme,
"Et nos enfants auront des enfants,"
Dit la femme à l'homme.
Alors ils se sont mariés et ont eu des enfants,
Ils ont eu des enfants pour toujours.