Et si tu n'existais pas [English translation]

And if you did not exist

Tell me why did I exist

To linger in a world without you

Without hope or without regret

And if you did not exist

I would try to invent love

Like a painter marvelling at the colours of the day

Born under his fingers

And who does not dream.

And if you did not exist

Tell me how do I exist

The passer-by asleep in my arms

That I could never love

And if you didn't exist

I would be but one more dot

In this world that comes and goes

I would feel lost

I would need you And if you didn't exist

Tell me, how could I exist?

I could pretend to be myself

But I wouldn't be true

And if you didn't exist

I believe I would find

The secret of life, the 'why'

Just to create you

And to look at you

And if you did not exist

Tell me why did I exist

To linger in a world without you

Without hope and without regret

And if you did not exist

I would try to invent love

Like a painter marvelling at the colors of the day

Born under his fingers

And who does not dream.