Текст и перевод песни Pascal Obispo - S'il l'avait su (Live symphonique)

S'il l'avait su (Live symphonique)

S'il avait su quelle âme il a blessée,
Larmes du cœur, s'il avait pu vous voir,
Ah! si ce coeur, trop plein de sa pensée,
De l'exprimer eût gardé le pouvoir,
Changer ainsi n'eût pas été possible;
Fier de nourrir l'espoir qu'il a déçu:
À tant d'amour, il eût été sensible,
S'il avait su.
S'il avait su tout ce qu'on peut attendre
D'une âme simple, ardente et sans détour,
Il eût voulu la mienne pour l'entendre,
Comme il l'inspire, il eût connu l'amour.
Mes yeux baissés recelaient cette flamme;
Dans leur pudeur n'a-t-il rien aperçu?
Un tel secret valait toute son âme,
S'il l'avait su.
S'il l'avait su.
Si j'avais su, moi-même, à quel empire
On s'abandonne en regardant ses yeux,
Sans le chercher comme l'air qu'on respire,
J'aurais porté mes jours sous d'autres cieux.
Il est trop tard pour renouer ma vie,
Ma vie était un doux espoir déçu.
Diras-tu pas, toi qui me l'as ravie,
Si j'avais su!
Si j'avais su!

If He Had Known (Live Symphonic)

If he had known what soul he wounded,
Tears of the heart, if he could see you,
Oh! if this heart, too full of his thoughts,
Had kept the power to express it,
It would not have been possible to change thus;
Proud to feed the hope he has disappointed:
To so much love, he would have been sensitive,
If he had known.
If he had known all that one can expect
From a simple, ardent, and forthright soul,
He would have wanted mine to hear it,
As he inspires it, he would have known love.
My lowered eyes concealed this flame;
In their modesty, did he see nothing?
Such a secret was worth his whole soul,
If he had known.
If he had known.
If I myself had known how submissive I would become
When faced with his penetrating gaze,
Seeking it out, like breathing air,
I would have spent my days in other heavens.
It is too late to restore my life,
My life was a sweet, disappointed hope.
Will you not say, you who robbed me of it,
If I had known!
If I had known!