If you should leave
(‘Si tu t’en vas,’ original words and music by Léo Ferré, English adaptation by Peter Hawkins)
If you should leave
If you should leave one day then I would say
Your thoughts of love for me would fade away
If you should leave
The waves will still come rolling to the seashore
The lark will still soar over the hills just like before
If you should leave
If you should leave one day then I would say
That no amount of tears can make love stay
If you should leave
There’ll still be blossom on the branches in the springtime
The summer sunshine will bloom again after the rain
If you should leave
If you should leave one day then I would say
You can’t caress and kiss from far away
If you should leave
The streams will go on flowing to the ocean
And new emotions will sow new dreams and they will grow
If you should leave
If you should leave one day then I would say
The pain of losing you will fade away
If you should leave
Forsake this life in heavenly ascension
To new dimensions
None of my dreams could reach you there
If you should leave
If you should leave this life and pass away
We’d still make love for ever and a day
If we still exist...