| Je ne sais rien de lui et pourtant, je le vois
| I don't know anything about him and yet I see him
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| Son nom m’est familier et je connais sa voix
| His name is familiar to me and I know his voice
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| Souvent dans mon sommeil, je croise son visage
| Often in my sleep I meet her face
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| Son regard et l’amour ne font plus qu’une image
| His gaze and love become one image
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| Il a cette beauté des hommes romantiques
| He's got that beauty of romantic men
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| Du divin Raphaël, le talent imité
| Of the divine Raphael, the talent imitated
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| Une philosophie d’esprit démocratique
| A philosophy of democratic spirit
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| Et du poète enfin la rime illimitée
| And from the poet finally the unlimited rhyme
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| Je pourrais te parler de ses yeux, de ses mains
| I could tell you about her eyes, her hands
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| Je pourrais te parler de lui jusqu'à demain
| I could tell you about him until tomorrow
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| Son amour, c’est ma vie mais à quoi bon rêver?
| His love is my life but what's the use of dreaming?
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| L’illusion de l’amour n’est pas l’amour trouvé
| The illusion of love is not love found
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| Est-il près? | Is it near? |
| Est-il loin? | Is it far? |
| Est-il à Rochefort?
| Is he in Rochefort?
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| Je le rencontrerai car je sais qu’il existe
| I will meet him because I know he exists
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| Bien plus que la raison, le cœur est le plus fort
| More than reason, the heart is the strongest
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| À son ordre, à sa loi, personne ne résiste
| At his command, at his law, no one resists
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| Je n’y résisterai pas | I won't resist it |