| Un avion qui va partir (original) | Un avion qui va partir (translation) |
|---|---|
| Un mot, un sourire | One word, one smile |
| Un beau rêve qui doit finir | A beautiful dream that must end |
| Tant de tendres souvenirs | So many fond memories |
| Un avion qui va partir | A plane that is going to leave |
| Une larme, un soupir | One tear, one sigh |
| Envie de te retenir | Want to hold you back |
| On se promet de s'écrire | We promise to write to each other |
| Un avion qui va partir | A plane that is going to leave |
| Je n’ai pas su te dire | I couldn't tell you |
| Que tu étais pour moi | that you were to me |
| Mon unique avenir | my only future |
| Et que ma vie sans toi | And my life without you |
| Ne serait que tristesse | Would only be sadness |
| Loin de ta tendresse | away from your tenderness |
| Loin de tes caresses | away from your caresses |
| Trop loin de tes bras | Too far from your arms |
| Je n’t’ai pas avoué | I didn't confess to you |
| À quel point je t’aimais | how much i loved you |
| Je n’ai pas su trouver | I couldn't find |
| Les mots pour te garder | The words to keep you |
| J’aurais dû supplier | I should have begged |
| Pour que tu reviennes | For you to come back |
| Pour que tu me prennes | For you to take me |
| Encore dans tes bras | Still in your arms |
| Un soir, un départ | One evening, one departure |
| La tristesse d’un au revoir | The sadness of a goodbye |
| Une histoire qui va finir | A story that will end |
| Un avion qui va partir | A plane that is going to leave |
| Des larmes que je cache | Tears that I hide |
| Nos deux mains qui se détachent | Our two hands that come off |
| Et je me force à sourire | And I force myself to smile |
| Un avion qui va partir | A plane that is going to leave |
| J’aurais dû supplier | I should have begged |
| T’implorer de rester | implore you to stay |
| Te dire que je t’aimais | Tell you that I loved you |
| J’aurais dû te garder | I should have kept you |
| Ne jamais te laisser partir | Never let you go |
| Tout faire, tout faire | Do it all, do it all |
| Tout faire pour te retenir | Do anything to hold you back |
| Un mot, un sourire | One word, one smile |
| Un beau rêve qui doit finir | A beautiful dream that must end |
| Tant de tendres souvenirs | So many fond memories |
| Un avion qui va partir | A plane that is going to leave |
| Une larme, un soupir | One tear, one sigh |
| Envie de te retenir | Want to hold you back |
| On se promet de s'écrire | We promise to write to each other |
| Un avion qui va partir | A plane that is going to leave |
