| J'aurais voulu t'aimer (original) | J'aurais voulu t'aimer (translation) |
|---|---|
| J’aurais voulu t’aimer | I wanted to love you |
| Et pouvoir te le dire | And be able to tell you |
| J’aurais voulu rester | I would have liked to stay |
| Et ne jamais partir | And never leave |
| Je t’aurais tant donné | I would have given you so much |
| Mais il fallait souffrir | But you had to suffer |
| Alors j’ai oublié | So I forgot |
| J’aurais voulu rêver | I wanted to dream |
| Mais c'était qu’un peut-être | But it was just a maybe |
| Te prendre et te garder | Take you and keep you |
| Mais tu voulais des fêtes | But you wanted parties |
| Alors le coeur largué | So the heart dropped |
| A la fin de la fête | At the end of the party |
| J’aurais voulu t’aimer | I wanted to love you |
| J’aurais voulu t’aimer | I wanted to love you |
| Et prendre un peu de place | And take some space |
| Je n’t’aurais rien volé | I wouldn't have stolen anything from you |
| Y’aurait pas eu de casse | There would have been no breakage |
| Pourquoi abandonner | why give up |
| Sans que nos corps s’engagent | Without our bodies engaging |
| Sans avoir essayé | without having tried |
| J’avais envie d’aller | I wanted to go |
| Où tant d’autres s’arrêtent | Where so many others stop |
| Et pouvoir te toucher | And be able to touch you |
| Pour enfin te connaître | To finally know you |
| Je voulais tout risquer | I wanted to risk it all |
| Même de ne pas te plaire | Even not pleasing you |
| Je n’ai pas su nous garder | I didn't know how to keep us |
| Je n’ai su que me taire | I only knew how to be silent |
| Alors le coeur largué | So the heart dropped |
| A la fin de la fête | At the end of the party |
| J’aurais voulu t’aimer | I wanted to love you |
| J’aurais voulu savoir | I would like to know |
| Ce qu’un mot, ce qu’un geste | What a word, what a gesture |
| Aurait pu te faire croire | Could have made you believe |
| Aurait fait que je reste | Would have made me stay |
| C'était quoi notre histoire | What was our story |
| Ce n'était pas la tienne | It wasn't yours |
| Elle arrivait trop tard | She was too late |
| Ta vie contre la mienne | Your life against mine |
| Alors le coeur largué | So the heart dropped |
| A la fin de la fête | At the end of the party |
| J’aurais voulu t’aimer | I wanted to love you |
| T’aimer | To love you |
| J’aurais voulu t’aimer | I wanted to love you |
