Translation of the song lyrics Ne lui dis pas - Dalida

Ne lui dis pas (original)

Ne lui dis pas
Quand tu le verras
Que j’ai tant pleuré
Quand il m’a quitté
Ne lui dis pas
Quand il lui parle de moi
Que je lisais chaque jour
Ses quelques mots d’amour
Qu’il m’envoyait toujours
Qu'à chaque anniversaire
Sous la neige en hiver
J’ai couru mille fois
Croyant qu’il était là
Dis lui seulement
Que de temps en temps
Quand j’avais peur la nuit
Je te parlais de lui
Ne lui dis pas
Quand il te demandera
Que malgré les années
Je n’ai rien oublié
Ni de savoir
Juste au bruit de ses pas
Le sucre qu’il mettait
Dans son café au lait
Ses yeux quand il riait
Que je l’aime encore
Même s’il a eu tort
Que je lui pardonnerais
S’il me revenait
Dis lui seulement
Que de temps en temps
Quand il pleurait la nuit
Je te parlais de lui
Mon père, mon petit
A refait sa vie
Alors crois-moi
Surtout ne lui dis rien
Ça lui ferait trop de chagrin
Dis lui seulement
Que de temps en temps
Quand j’avais peur la nuit
Je te parlais de lui
Ne lui dis pas
Oh non ne lui dis pas
Ne lui dis pas
Ne lui dis

(translation)

Do not tell him
when you see it
That I cried so much
When he left me
Do not tell him
When he talks to her about me
That I read every day
His few words of love
That he always sent me
That on every birthday
Under the snow in winter
I ran a thousand times
Believing he was there
just tell him
What once in a while
When I was scared at night
I was telling you about him
Do not tell him
When he asks you
That despite the years
I've not forgotten anything
Nor to know
Just at the sound of his footsteps
The sugar he put
In his latte
His eyes when he laughed
That I still love him
Even if he was wrong
That I would forgive her
If it came back to me
just tell him
What once in a while
When he cried at night
I was telling you about him
My father, my child
Has rebuilt his life
So trust me
Please don't tell her anything
It would cause him too much grief
just tell him
What once in a while
When I was scared at night
I was telling you about him
Do not tell him
Oh no don't tell her
Do not tell him
Don't tell her