La Quête [English translation]

Dreaming the impossible dream,

Carrying the sorrow of departures,

Yes, burning with a possible fever,

Yes, to go where no one goes.

To love until it tears,

To love, even too much, even badly,

Yes, trying, without strength and without armour,

Yes, to reach the unattainable star.

That is my quest.

Yes, to follow the star,

What do I care about my chances?

I don't care about time

Or my despair

And then I'll struggle on

Without question or rest

To damn myself

For the gold of a word of love.

I don't know if I'll be that hero

But my heart would be still

And cities would be splashed with blue

Because a wretch

Is still burning, though he's burned everything.

Yes, still burning, even too much, even badly

Yes, to reach out to the edge,

To reach the unattainable star.