Translation of the song lyrics L'Absence - Jan A.P. Kaczmarek

L'Absence (original)

Reviens, reviens, me bien-aimée;
Comme une fleur loin du soleil
La fleur de ma vie est fermée
Loin de ton sourire vermeil!
Entre nos cœurs quelle distance!
Tant d’espace entre nos baisers!
Ô sort amer!
ô dure absence!
Ô grands désirs inapaisés!
Reviens, reviens, ma bien-aimée
Comme une fleur loin du soleil
La fleur de ma vie est fermée
Loin de ton sourire vermeil!
D’ici là-bas, que de campagnes
Que de villes et de hameaux
Que de vallons et de montagnes
À lasser le pied des chevaux
Reviens, reviens, ma bien-aimée
Comme une fleur loin du soleil
La fleur de ma vie est fermée
Loin de ton sourire vermeil!

(translation)

Come back, come back, my beloved;
Like a flower far from the sun
The flower of my life is closed
Away from your scarlet smile!
What a distance between our hearts!
So much space between our kisses!
O bitter fate!
O harsh absence!
O great unappeased desires!
Come back, come back, my beloved
Like a flower far from the sun
The flower of my life is closed
Away from your scarlet smile!
From here there, how many campaigns
How many towns and hamlets
How many valleys and mountains
To weary the foot of the horses
Come back, come back, my beloved
Like a flower far from the sun
The flower of my life is closed
Away from your scarlet smile!