Ballade de Melody Nelson [English translation]

This is the story

of Melody Nelson

Whom apart from myself no one

Ever took in their arms

That surprises you

But that's how it is

She had love

Poor Melody Nelson

Yeah, she had tons of it

But her days were numbered

Fourteen autumns

And fifteen summers

A little animal

That Melody Nelson

An adorable little girl

And such a delicious child

Whom I only knew*

For an instant

Oh! My Melody

My Melody Nelson

Lovable little idiot

You were the condition

Sine qua non

Of my reason