Monsieur l'Amour [English translation]

I have recognized you in every city

with your frail gait,

your kind poet composure.

I have met you in taverns

in streetlight glimmers

or as a nice figure in the shadow.

You came and sat at my table

as the unforgettable embodiment

of a hero or a man of wit.

You turned my heart into a lover's.

Thanks to you I am happy

and thanks to you I live the way I live,

(chorus)

Mister Love,

when you knock at my door,

all the devils may care1

to bring me to paradise.

Mister Love,

as soon as you show up

I come to meet you

and surrender to you2

Through the bars of a cage

and even between two clouds

you come and slip through quietly.

If you want to know what is on my mind,

just listen to my dancing heart.

You are everything that's real here.

(chorus)

Mister Love,

as soon as you show up

I come to meet you

and surrender to you.

If you want to know what I want,

what is in my mind,

I would like so much for us to stay friends,

and for you to come and play you guitar

to make my life more beautiful

with each of your tales and gestures.

(chorus x2)

1. an attempt to render "le diable l'emporte" (devil may care), which means literally "may the devil carry it away"2. "dire oui" in this context evokes agreeing to mary someone