Translation of the song lyrics Écoute Chérie - Vendredi sur mer

Écoute Chérie (original)

J’ai pas fait semblant, j’te jure
J’ai jamais dit non, j’ai juste…
J’ai pas fait semblant, j’te jure
J’ai jamais dit non
J’ai juste… laissé le temps courir
Partir, venir, mourir, courir
Partir, venir et mourir
Écoute chérie, j’ai pas le temps
Écoute chérie, je t’ai dit non
Courir
Partir, venir, mourir, courir
Partir, venir, mourir, courir
Partir, venir et mourir
Je te dirait que je t’aime
Qu'à présent t’es ma sirène
Je te dirais tout cela
Pour l’instant tais-toi
Je te dirait que je t’aime
Qu'à présent t’es ma sirène
Je te dirais tout cela
Pour l’instant tais-toi
Tais-toi
Écoute chérie, j’ai pas le temps
Écoute chérie, je t’ai dit non
Écoute chérie, j’ai pas le temps
Écoute chérie, je t’ai dit non
Courir
Partir, venir, mourir, courir
Partir, venir, mourir, courir
Partir, venir et mourir
Chérie, j’ai tout mon temps
Écoute chérie, c’est maintenant
Écoute chérie, j’ai tout mon temps
Écoute chérie, c’est maintenant
Chérie, j’ai tout mon temps
Écoute chérie, c’est maintenant
Écoute chérie, j’ai tout mon temps
Écoute chérie, dès maintenant
Tais-toi

Écoute Chérie (translation)

I never wore a mask, believe me—
I never spoke denial, only…
No counterfeit upon my face, I swear—
I never barred the gate,
I only… let time unspool, unbridled as a river’s fleeing
To leave, to come, to perish, to pursue—
Depart, return, and drift toward dusk—
Hear me, beloved—my hours are grains between fingers, slipping,
Hear me, beloved—I have answered you, the word is no—
To race, swept onward like a startled deer—
To leave, to come, to perish, to pursue—
To leave, to come, to perish, to pursue—
Depart, return, and drift toward dusk—
I would confess—my love, a secret flame—
That now you are my siren, my song from the depths—
All such confession would be yours,
But for this moment—hush,
I would confess—my love, a secret flame—
That now you are my siren, my salt-breathed fate—
All such confession would be yours,
But for this moment—hush,
Be still,
Hear me, beloved—my hours are grains between fingers, slipping,
Hear me, beloved—I have answered you, the word is no—
Hear me, beloved—my hours are grains between fingers, slipping,
Hear me, beloved—I have answered you, the word is no—
To race, swept onward like a startled deer—
To leave, to come, to perish, to pursue—
To leave, to come, to perish, to pursue—
Depart, return, and drift toward dusk—
Beloved, now I cradle all the time in my palms—
Hear me, beloved—this hour is the blooming present—
Hear me, beloved, the world unspools before us—
Hear me, beloved—this hour is the blooming present—
Beloved, now I cradle all the time in my palms—
Hear me, beloved—this hour is the blooming present—
Hear me, beloved, the world unspools before us—
Listen, beloved—from this moment,
Be still