| Savoir aimer (original) | Savoir aimer (translation) |
|---|---|
| Savoir sourire | Know how to smile |
| A une inconnue qui passe | To a passing stranger |
| N’en garder aucune trace | Leave no trace |
| Sinon celle du plaisir | Otherwise that of pleasure |
| Savoir aimer | Know how to love |
| Sans rien attendre en retour | Without expecting anything in return |
| Ni espoir ni grand amour | Neither hope nor great love |
| Pas mme l’espoir d’tre aim | Not even the hope of being loved |
| Mais savoir donner | But knowing how to give |
| Donner sans reprendre | Give without taking back |
| Ne rien faire qu’apprendre | Do nothing but learn |
| Apprendre aimer | learn to love |
| Aimer sans attendre | Love without waiting |
| Aimer tout prendre | love to take it all |
| Apprendre sourire | Learn to smile |
| Rien que pour le geste | Just for the gesture |
| Sans vouloir le reste | Without wanting the rest |
| Et apprendre vivre | And learn to live |
| Et s’en aller | And go away |
| Savoir attendre | Know how to wait |
| Goter ce plein bonheur | Taste this full happiness |
| Qu’on vous donne comme par erreur | That you are given as if by mistake |
| Tant on ne l’attendait plus | So long was it no longer expected |
| Se voir y croire | See yourself believe |
| Pour tromper la peur du vide | To deceive the fear of emptiness |
| Ancre comme autaant de rides | Anchor like so many wrinkles |
| Qui ternissent les miroirs | that tarnish the mirrors |
| Savoir souffrir | Know how to suffer |
| En silence sans murmure | In silence without a murmur |
| Ni dfense ni armure | Neither defense nor armor |
| Souffrir vouloir mourir | suffer want to die |
| Et se relever | And getting back up again |
| Comme on renat de ses cendres | As we rise from the ashes |
| Avec tant d’amour revendre | With so much love resell |
| Qu’on tire un trait sur le pass | Let's draw a line under the past |
| Apprendre rver | Learn to dream |
| A rver pour deux | Arrive for two |
| Rien qu’en fermant les yeux | Just by closing your eyes |
| Et savoir donner | And knowing how to give |
| Donner sans rature | Give without erasing |
| Ni demi-mesure | No half measure |
| Apprendre rester | learn stay |
| Vouloir jusqu’au bout | Want to the end |
| Rester malgr tout | Stay despite everything |
| Apprendre aimer | learn to love |
| Et s’en aller | And go away |
| Et s’en aller | And go away |
