Translation of the song lyrics Le sonnet d'Anvers - Serge Gainsbourg

Le sonnet d'Anvers (original)

Ma vie a son secret, mon ame a son mystere,
Un amour eternel en un moment conu,
Le mal est sans espoir aussi j’ai du me taire,
Et celle qui l’a fait n’en a jamais rien su,
Helas j’aurais pass prs d’elle inapercu
Toujours ses cots pourtant solitaire,
Et j’aurais jusqu’au bout fait mon temps sur la terre,
N’osant rien demander et n’ayant rien reu.
Pour elle quoi que Dieu l’est faite douce et tendre,
Elle ira son chemin distraite et sans entendre,
Ce murmure d’amour elev sur ses pas.
A l’ostere de voir pieusement fidle,
Elle dira lisant ces vers tout rempli d’ailes
Quelle est donc cette femme et ne comprendra pas.

(translation)

My life has its secret, my soul has its mystery,
Eternal love in a moment designed,
Evil is hopeless so I had to shut up,
And she who made it never knew,
Alas, I would have passed near her unnoticed
Still her cots, however lonely,
And I would have served my time on earth until the end,
Not daring to ask for anything and having received nothing.
For her though God made her sweet and tender,
She'll go her way distracted and unheard,
That murmur of love raised in her footsteps.
At the expense of seeing piously faithful,
She will say reading these verses all filled with wings
Who is this woman and will not understand.