Translation of the song lyrics La lettre - Michel Berger, France Gall

La lettre (original)

Ces mots sur le cahier
C’est sa manière de parler
Ce crayon sur le papier
C’est sa manière de l’aimer
Dans sa lettre
Elle a mis des «mon amour» partout
Vous croyez peut-être
Que c’est un curieux rendez-vous
C’est sa manière de l’aimer
Ces phrases éparpillées
C’est sa manière d’exister
Toutes ces pages alignées
C’est sa manière d’y penser
Dans sa lettre
Pas de ratures, rien d’effacé
Quoi promettre
Sinon que tout va continuer
C’est sa manière de l’aimer
C’est sa manière de l’aimer
Oh oh oh oh oh
A y a y a
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
A y a y a
Ces mots sur le cahier
C’est comme pour le retrouver
Ce crayon sur le papier
C’est son arme pour résister
Vous pensez peut-être
Que l’image est devenue floue
Vous devez admettre
Que le temps ne démolit pas tout
Il y a mille manières de s’aimer
Et c’est sa manière de l’aimer
Oh oh oh oh oh
A y a y a
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
A y a y a
Oh oh oh oh oh
C’est sa manière de l’aimer
Oh oh oh oh oh
A y a y a
Oh oh oh oh oh
A y a y a
Oh oh oh oh oh
A y a y a

La lettre (translation)

These words on the notebook
It's his way of talking
This pencil on paper
It's his way of loving her
In his letter
She put "my love" everywhere
You may believe
What a curious meeting
It's his way of loving her
These scattered sentences
It's his way of existing
All these pages lined up
It's his way of thinking about it
In his letter
No erasures, nothing erased
what to promise
Otherwise everything will continue
It's his way of loving her
It's his way of loving her
Oh oh oh oh oh
There is there
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
There is there
These words on the notebook
It's like finding it
This pencil on paper
It's his weapon to resist
You may be thinking
That the picture has become blurry
You have to admit
That time doesn't tear everything down
There are a thousand ways to love each other
And that's his way of loving her
Oh oh oh oh oh
There is there
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
There is there
Oh oh oh oh oh
It's his way of loving her
Oh oh oh oh oh
There is there
Oh oh oh oh oh
There is there
Oh oh oh oh oh
There is there