(Jacques Brel) 

If you go away on this summer day 

Then you might as well take this sun away 

All the birds that flew in a summer sky 

When our love was new 

And our hearts were high 

When the day was young 

And the night was long 

And the moon stood still 

For the nightbird song 

If you go away 

If you go away 

If you go away 





But if you stay 

I'll make you a day 

Like no day has been or will be again 

We'll sail on the sun 

We'll ride on the rain 

We'll talk to the trees 

And worship the wind 

And if you go, I'll understand 

Leave just enough love 

To fill up my hands 

If you go away 

If you go away 

If you go away 





Il faut oublier 

Tout peut s'oublier 

Qui s'enfuit déjà 

Oublier le temps 

Des malentendus 

Et le temps perdu 

A savoir comment 

Oublier ces heures 

Qui tuaient parfois 

A coups de pourquoi 

Le coeur du bonheur 

Ne me quitte pas 

Ne me quitte pas 

Ne me quitte pas 





Moi je t'offrirai 

Des perles de pluie 

Venues de pays 

Où il ne pleut pas 

Je creuserai la terre 

Jusqu'après ma mort 

Pour couvrir ton corps 

D'or et de lumière 

Je ferai un domaine 

Où l'amour sera roi 

Où tu seras reine 

Ne me quitte pas 

Ne me quitte pas 

Ne me quitte pas 



Translation: 

"We have to forget -- everything can be forgotten; We have to forget the time, time that flies by, when we did not understand each other; We have to forget those hours which "why"s kill the heart of happiness. Do not leave me... 



I will offer you pearls of rain coming from a place where it does not rain. I will dig the earth after I died to have your body covered with gold and light. I will make a country where love will be king, and where you will be queen. Do not leave me..."