Translation of the song lyrics Les feuilles mortes - Andrea Bocelli, Veronica Berti

Les feuilles mortes (original)

C’est une chanson
Qui nous resemble
To tu m’aimais
Et je t’aimais
Nous vivions tous
Les deux ensemble
Toi qui m’aimais
Moi qui t’aimais
Mais la vie sépare
Ceux qui s’aiment
Tout doucement
Sans faire de bruit
Et la mer efface sur le sable
Le pas des amants désunis
Mais la vie sépare
Ceux qui s’aiment
And the falling leaves
Tout doucement
Sans faire de bruit
Drifted by the window
Et la mer efface sur le sable
The autumn leaves
Le pas des amants désunis
Of red and gold
Mais la vie sépare
Ceux qui s’aiment
Tout doucement
Sans faire de bruit
Et la mer efface sur le sable
Le pas des amants désunis

Les feuilles mortes (translation)

This is a melody,
In which our visages find reflection,
You, once devoted, your love a trembling flame,
And I, too, loved you—silent, fierce, unspoken.
We wandered, all our hours entwined,
Two shadows merged, a single constellation,
You, the one whose eyes adored me,
I, the soul who yearned for your affection.
Yet life, with cold, meticulous hand, divides
Those bound in the secret covenant of desire,
With the hush of dusk on velvet feet,
No whisper, no ripple, no cry—
And the sea, with its sleepless arms, erases from the sand
The footprints of lovers torn asunder by the tide.
Still, life’s slow chisel parts
Those whose hearts once twined together,
And leaves, in their descent, surrender
With the hush of dusk on velvet feet,
No whisper, no ripple, no cry—
They drift at my window, pale embers of memory,
And the sea, with its sleepless arms, erases from the sand
Those autumn leaves—
The footprints of lovers torn asunder by the tide—
In colors of rust and fading gold.
Still, life’s slow chisel parts
Those whose hearts once twined together,
With the hush of dusk on velvet feet,
No whisper, no ripple, no cry—
And the sea, with its sleepless arms, erases from the sand
The footprints of lovers torn asunder by the tide.