Paroles et traduction Claudio Capéo - Si j'avais su

Si j'avais su

Je t'aurais dit toutes les choses
Que je ne t'avais jamais dites
Que ta peau a l'odeur des roses
Que j'adore le prénom Edith
Je t'aurais dit toutes les choses
Qu'on ne dit pas assez souvent
Car souvent dans la vie on n'ose
Pas dire les choses tant qu'il est temps

Je t'aurais raconté la mer
Que tu la voies une fois encore
On aurait viré l'infirmière
Puis on aurait rigolé fort
Je t'aurais dit que ton visage
Me fait penser à l'océan
Que tes rides ressemblent à des vagues
Où vont se baigner les enfants

Si j'avais su
En partant ce soir là
Si j'avais su
Que le temps n'attend pas
Si j'avais su
Que c'était la première fois
Que j'te voyais pour la dernière fois

Je t'aurais refait ton chignon
Et toi tu m'aurais dit ça tire
Moi j'aurais fait un peu le con
Juste pour regarder ton sourire
J't'aurais promis d'faire une chanson
Qui racont'rait comme t'étais belle
Qui racont'rait comme on est cons
D'croire que les gens sont éternels

Et puis j't'aurais serrée si fort
Qu'il y aurait des marques à ton cou
Je t'aurais regardée encore
Et puis j't'aurais gardée surtout
J't'aurais enfermée dans mes yeux
J'aurais capturé ton parfum
J't'aurais dit au revoir un peu mieux
Puis j'aurais menti à demain

Si j'avais su
En partant ce soir là
Si j'avais su
Que le temps n'attend pas
Si j'avais su
Que c'était la première fois
Que j'te voyais pour la dernière fois

J'me s'rais dépêché de t'aimer
Comme l'on court après la vie
Car on n'aime jamais assez
Je t'aurais dit je t'aime aussi
Les mots faut pas qu'on les conserve
Faut les distribuer à la ronde
Sinon les mots à quoi ils servent
À part à décorer les tombes?

Si j'avais su
En partant ce soir là
Si j'avais su
Que le temps n'attend pas
Si j'avais su
Mais souvent on ne sait pas
Qu'on voit quelqu'un pour la dernière fois

Had I Known

I would have told you all the things
That I had never told you before
That your skin smells like roses
That I love the name Edith
I would have told you all the things
That we don't say often enough
Because often in life we don't dare
To say things while there is still time

I would have told you about the sea
That you should see it once more
We would have fired the nurse
Then we would have laughed out loud
I would have told you that your face
Reminds me of the ocean
That your wrinkles look like waves
Where children go swimming

Had I known
When I left that evening
Had I known
That time does not wait
Had I known
That this was the first time
That I saw you for the last time

I would have redone your bun
And you would have said it's tight
I would have acted a bit silly
Just to see your smile
I would have promised you a song
That would tell how beautiful you were
That would tell how foolish we are
To believe that people are eternal

And then I would have held you so tight
That there would be marks on your neck
I would have looked at you again
And then I would have kept you especially
I would have locked you in my eyes
I would have captured your scent
I would have said goodbye to you a little better
Then I would have lied to tomorrow

Had I known
When I left that evening
Had I known
That time does not wait
Had I known
That this was the first time
That I saw you for the last time

I would have hurried to love you
As you run after life
Because you never love enough
I would have said I love you too
Words are not to be kept
They should be distributed around
If not, what are the words for
Except to decorate tombs?

Had I known
When I left that evening
Had I known
That time does not wait
Had I known
But often you don't know
That you are seeing someone for the last time