Un homme heureux [English translation]

Why are people in love

Always a little bit the same?

When they come by they have

The same look of one craving for two

They’re happy people

Why are people in love

Always a little bit the same?

When they have problems

Well, there’s nothing to say

Nothing you can do for them

They’re people in love

As for me I hardly know you

But how lucky it’d be

If we took off a little bit like them

We could without too much fuss

Make room for the two of us

But if my coming on again isn’t worth it

Let me know from a glint in your eyes

However long it takes

However high the stakes

I want to be a happy man

Why are people in love

Always a little bit rebellious?

They have a world of their own

That nothing compels to look like

Those we’re given as models

Why are people in love

Always a little bit cruel?

When they tell you about themselves

Something keeps you a little further at bay

Something only too human