Текст и перевод песни Claudio Capéo - Si j'avais su (Acoustique)

Si j'avais su (Acoustique)

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

If I Had Known (Acoustic)

I would have told you all the things
That I had never told you
That your skin smells like roses
That I adore 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's still time

I would have told you about the sea
That you might see it one last time
We would have kicked out the nurse
And then we would have laughed out loud
I would have told you that your face
Makes me think of the ocean
That your wrinkles look like waves
Where children go swimming

If I had known
When I left that night
If I had known
That time doesn't wait
If I had known
If I had known
That it was the first time
I was seeing you for the last time

I would have redone your bun
And you would have said it pulls
I would have acted a little silly
Just to watch you smile
I would have promised to write 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 a little better
And then I would have lied about tomorrow

If I had known
If I had known
When I left that night
If I had known
That time doesn't wait
If I had known
If I had known
That it was the first time
I was seeing you for the last time

I would have hurried to love you
Like one runs after life
Because we never love enough
I would have told you I love you too
Words shouldn't be kept
They should be spread around
Otherwise, what are words for
Except to decorate tombs?

If I had known
If I had known
When I left that night
If I had known
That time doesn't wait
If I had known
If I had known
But often we don't know
That we're seeing someone for the last time