Translation of the song lyrics Amour secret - Hélène

Amour secret (original)

Amour secret, obligés de se cacher
Amour secret, toujours dissimulés
Amour secret, pas le droit de le dire
Amour secret, condamnés à mentir
Quand on voudrait
Crier au monde entier
Son bonheur et sa joie
De s’aimer si fort que ça
Mais toi et moi
N’en n’avons pas encore le droit
Amour secret, cacher tous ses sentiments
Amour secret, s’empêcher tout le temps
Amour secret, ne pas pouvoir t’embrasser
Quand je voudrais mourir dans tes baisers
Quand il faudrait
Crier au monde entier
Mon bonheur et ma joie
De t’aimer si fort que ça
Mais toi et moi
N’en n’avons pas encore le droit
Est-ce qu’un matin enfin
Tu me prendras la main
Sans avoir peur des autres
Sans que t’aimer soit une faute
Oui je voudrais
Crier au monde entier
Mon bonheur et ma joie
De t’aimer si fort que ça
Mais toi et moi
N’en n’avons pas encore le droit
Oui toi et moi
N’en n’avons pas encore le droit

Amour secret (translation)

Secret love, compelled to shadowed halls,
Secret love, ever veiled behind silk veils,
Secret love, forbidden word unsaid,
Secret love, our lips condemned to tales.
When longing aches
To trumpet through the world’s vast open gate
One’s bliss, one’s radiant, untarnished delight,
To love with such a flame it scorches fate.
Yet you and I,
Are not yet granted by the law of day.
Secret love, to smother every trembling trace,
Secret love, to bridle every tide,
Secret love, denied the touch of your embrace,
Though I would die and be reborn inside your sighs.
When it would seem
A shout should ring and split the sky in two,
My happiness, my joy’s resplendent gleam,
To love you with a force that rends the blue.
Yet you and I,
Are not yet granted by the law of day.
Will morning ever come at last,
When you will take my hand within your own
No longer fearing every watching face,
No longer loving you a secret stone.
Yes, I would wish
To cry before the world with clarion cheer,
My happiness, my joy’s undimming light,
To love you with a passion fierce and clear.
But you and I,
Are not yet granted by the law of day.
Yes, you and I,
Are not yet granted by the law of day.