Mon fol amour [English translation]

Together we have known

and Lived happy days

The time has come

To say a last goodbye

Let us part without tears,

Without turning our eyes away

You my crazy love, love, love

Love my crazy love, love, love

You my crazy love, love, love

And you my crazy love, love, love.

I will retain until the last breath of my life

a memory of us, of a tender past and of madness,

As in a secret garden haunted by fond memories,

My mad, my crazy love, my crazy love

Here or there so many adventures, we will meet

Having rebuilt our lives in other arms

I shall relive the highlights of a dead past without you

Without you my crazy love, love, love

Love my crazy love, love, love

You my crazy love, love, love

And you my crazy love, love, love.

The past can't1 be brushed aside out of hand

nor erased from our thoughts.

From one day to the next love digs

a deep furrow through solitary hearts

My crazy love, my crazy love

My wild and wonderful partner on our road,

in these seasons of our passion,

in the good times and the bad times

which will remain etched into the binding of our vows' unconcious.

You my crazy love, love, love

Love my crazy love, love, love

You my crazy love, love, love

And you my crazy love, love, love.

Love, you took thousands of unknown things away from me,

An you took my tender years, my best years,

I, remember2 I too, without asking you for anything in return,

I too gave you everything, you my crazy love, you my crazy love,

you my crazy love.

You my crazy love, love, love

Love my crazy love, love, love

You my crazy love, love, love

And you my crazy love, love, love.

1. I think the French text is missing a "ne" ("on ne peut" usually sounds exactly the same as "on peut" in casual speech)2. "souvient t'en" is a typo for "souviens-t'en" (they sound the same, but the "s-" makes sense here while the "t t" doesn't