J'ai su [English translation]

She's walking fast through the alleys

With her face all bright

He didn't say that he thought she was beautiful

But she felt it

As she leaves, her body feels soft1

And her heart is smitten

He didn't say that he thought she was beautiful

He made her pretty

He's running his hands through her hair

He's sitting up and looking at her

The world is still the same as before they had met

The same as before she sets sail

In her words, in her empty gestures

In her history

They will later talk

About that first encounter

One glance is enough

One glance

It's not the kind of dance they had planned

But all romances have got a beginning

That start with how I met you

I knew

I knew

They left, but their minds

Have not let go of each other

They reconciled their wishes

In a few stolen moments

And even if it makes no sense

There's is something missing

All that for a lucky strike

A success

It's all they can think of now

All

It's not the kind of dance they had planned

But all romances have got a beginning

That start with how I met you

I knew

I knew

There will be memories

Moments of pleasure

And time enough to build an empire for two

To grow old

It starts with how I met you

I knew

I knew

It's not the kind of dance they had planned

But all romances have got a beginning

That start with how I met you

I knew

I knew

But all romances have got a beginning

That start with how I met you

I knew

I knew

1. "voyelle" means "vowel"; I probably got that metaphor wrong but I figured it refers to how words with many vowels sound "softer"