S'il faut prier [English translation]

May time freeze and forget

about me for a moment.

May it just wait for our lives

to slowly pass away.

May the gods consent to it

and know nothing of me,

being simply content

with my love and my faith.

Since one has to pray when in love,

may life remain that way

and take a stroll

away from shadows and din.

Since one has to pray when in love,

may time remain there.

I'll do all this easily

since that's the price for love.

May history turn aside

and look away.

May this spinning wheel

leave us alone in this happiness.

May heavens forgive me

for asking so much for myself,

for being after all

just a woman on earth.

Since one has to pray when in love,

may life remain that way

and take a stroll

away from shadows and din.

I love you so much I shudder,

far beyond everything.

Every night I dream

in my wildest desires

that for beseeching the sky so much,

begging on my knees,

god preserves me the spice

of a life to live with you till the end.

With you

With.... you.