Текст и перевод песни Pascal Obispo - S'il l'avait su

S'il l'avait su

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 Only He Had Known

If he had but known the soul he had wounded,
Tears of the heart, if he could have seen you,
Oh! If this heart, too full of his thought,
Could have kept the capacity to express it,
To change like this would not have been possible;
Proud to nourish the hope he has deceived:
To so much love, he would have been sensitive,
If he had known.
If he had known everything that one can expect
From a soul simple, passionate and sincere,
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 perceive nothing?
Such a secret was worth his whole soul,
If he had known.
If he had known.
If I myself had known of what power
One gives up to by looking into his eyes,
Without seeking it like the air one breathes,
I would have lived my days beneath other skies.
It is too late to renew my life,
My life was a sweet hope deceived.
Will you not say, you who have taken it from me,
If I had known!
If I had known!