Une lettre oubliée [English translation]

[Him]

My love, my beloved,

Here I am too far from you,

How can I survive far away

From your heart and from your arms?

[Her]

From my heart and from my arms

Oh, I had forgotten

This letter and who, my word

Could have sent it to me?

[Him]

If you knew what boredom

Far from our love plays

[Her]

Is it Andre or is it Henri?

Is it Paul with his beautiful eyes?

[Him]

Nothing distracts the madness

That surrounds me, but nothing can

Turn away my adoring heart

[Her]

Oh no, that couldn't be him!

[Him]

My love, my fire, my joy,

I will come back, be certain of it

[Her]

Truthfully, it's the first time

I see this handwriting.

[Him]

Your portrait laying on me

Protects me and reassures me

[Her]

This letter between my fingers

Could it be a deception?

[Him]

Yes, hell is on Earth

But the worst is to count

These hours, these days, these seconds

Keeping us apart

[Her]

No matter how I search the circle

Of my past lovers

In which deep amnesia

Did this lover drown?

[Him]

My love, my all beautiful,

I love you and I love you so much

[Her]

There is nothing eternal,

Nothing that can resist time

[Him]

A kiss on your eye,

On your mouth just as much

[Her]

Nothing that can resist time

And memory is cruel

[Him]

But farewell, my life, my heart

I have no choice but to go

I'm being called, it is six o'clock

See you tomorrow, come what may !

Unless your artilleryman

Gets as his sole funeral

The trenches and the fear

The racket and the bullets

[Her]

On these worn-out pages

The ultimate mark is missing

The steady certainty

Of a simple signature

[Him]

My love, if ever

On the battlefront I should fall

I would like you to promise

You will never forget me

[Her and Him]

I would like you to promise

You will never forget me