Elle danse [English translation]

She prepares the evening meal

Instinctively sets two plates

And then in a ridiculous gesture

Decorates them with pretty napkins

She knows he won't come back

And still doesn't dare believe it

She won't touch this meal

Like every night

So in order not to die

So in order not to tell him

She dances, she dances

Dazing herself so she can be done with the memories

She dances, oh she dances

Like we breathe, like we sweat

What we couldn't say

Left for another woman

Like one changes clothes for summer

He said there was no more spark

That he couldn't breathe anymore

She knows he was right

Everyday life bores us of everything

Yes but when we love rightly

What do we care

So in order not to grow old

So in order not to curse

She dances, she dances

Dazing herself so she can be done with the memories

She dances, she dances

Like we breathe, like we sweat

What we couldn't say

She dances, she dances

Like we leave the ground

Of those we have to let go

She dances, she dances

Like we comfort each other

For being the only one to hope