Mi amor [Version Amigo] [English translation]

She left without a goodbye

I turned up without a hello

She had a drink but didn't drink it

I had a drink to court her.

I'm not welcome anywhere.

She's my light, I'm her lampshade.

I'd gladly stay in her anthill a while.

I rummaged through the soil to find love.

Mi-a, mi-a, mi amor

Tell me you love me to death

Mi-a, mi-a, mi amor

Tell me you love me to death

Pa-la-la-la-la

Tell me you love me to death

Pa-la-la-la-la

According to her we wouldn't get along.

All that she wants is what I don't have.

I'll be where she expects me least,

with a ring poised to grasp her finger.

I'm not who she thinks I am.

When I see you, [I] look for the present she hasn't got yet1

I offer you my home, my heart is yours.

Hear me as I lay down my voice2

Mi-a, mi-a, mi amor

Tell me you love me to death

Mi-a, mi-a, mi amor

Tell me you love me to death

Pa-la-la-la-la

Tell me you love me to death

Pa-la-la-la-la

Mi-a, mi-a, mi amor

Tell me you love me to death

Mi-a, mi-a, mi amor

Tell me you love me to death

Pa-la-la-la-la

Tell me you love me to death

Pa-la-la-la-la

Lovemaking I think we did too much3

So much effort to be your business partner4

Everywhere I talk about her without saying what I want5

A self-made man6, I hardly have time to catch my breath.

You're leaving tomorrow, you have time to get out of breath7

Give me your hand so that I can give me my life

Tell me that you love me to death but for life.

Mi-a, mi-a, mi amor

Tell me you love me to death

Mi-a, mi-a, mi amor

Tell me you love me to death

Pa-la-la-la-la

Tell me you love me to death

Pa-la-la-la-la

Mi-a, mi-a, mi amor

Tell me you love me to death

Mi-a, mi-a, mi amor

Tell me you love me to death

Pa-la-la-la-la

Tell me you love me to death

Pa-la-la-la-la

1. That hardly makes sense.

Half of the sentence sounds like he's talking to her, the rest like he's talking about her.

"cherche" might be an imperative or a clumsy indicative with an implied "je" which should be explicitely written. Some people omit it thinking it sounds poetic, while it just makes the sentence even more difficult to understand and rather sounds like broken French2. I suppose it implies "at your feet", but that sounds like an unfinished sentence in French3. The French sounds like Yoda too4. obviously he means "partner" but "associé" is strictly about business5. maybe what he wants to say, maybe just what he wants, the choice is yours6. lit. "having started from scratch". Doesn't mean anything here, it's just for the pun on "partir" in the next line7. doesn't mean anything either, just there for the pun on "out of breath / catch my breath"