Les secrets chuchotés [English translation]

Ah! The whispered secrets

Fly away in a breath

That’s where they wrap themselves up

That’s where they are hidden

These little winds

Evaporate when they pass

No one bottles up

A single hushed whisper

They leave no traces

Only on tip-toes

Up against my ear

When you accompany them with a kiss

Your secrets wend their way

With a chirping of crickets

As I listen to them

I pay them close attention

I know how much it costs

To spill a drop

Heavy as they may be

Deeply buried

The volatile secrets

On being heard

Pass from a ton

To a tiny weight

From the one who gives them

To the one who receives

Ah! Your whispered secrets

When you depose them on me

Continue to hang in the air

Something remains

Speaking mutedly

There is in the silence

A scent which drifts

Which I keep the essence of

Which says “I trust you”

Heavy as they may be

Deeply buried

The volatile secrets

On being heard

Pass from a ton

To a tiny weight

From the one who gives them

To the one who receives

And as much as you'll allow me

I'm happy to be the sponge

For your overflowing heart

For the torrents that you skirt around

To become Don Quixote

Of the windmill of words

That your are when you whisper

All these little troubles

That I patch up

Heavy as they may be

Deeply buried

The volatile secrets

On being heard

Pass from a ton

To a tiny weight

From the one who gives them

To the one who receives

To the one who receives

To the one who receives