Edith Piaf — Reste song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Reste" by Edith Piaf.
Lyrics
On s'?tait quitt? s tous les deux
Et, brusquement, l?, c’est curieux,
On se retrouve face? face.
On croyait ne plus se revoir
Puisqu’apr?s une sc? ne, un soir,
Je t’ai dit: «Pars ! Que tout s’efface !»
Maintenant que tout est bien fini
Et que nos c? urs se sont repris,
Ne pensons plus qu’aux jolis gestes.
Causons en amis, simplement.
Non ! Ne pars pas ! Rien qu’un moment…
Allons, voyons, je t’en prie…
Reste…
Reste, que nous parlions un peu
Du temps o? nous? tions heureux,
Car nous le f? mes, j’imagine.
En cet instant mon c? ur ?mu,
Vraiment, ne se rappelle plus…
Que de nos minutes divines.
Le mal que nous nous sommes fait,
Petit? petit, dispara? t.
Lorsque j'?voque tout le reste,
Ta main fr? mit entre mes doigts…
Tu te rappelles… alors pourquoi
Vouloir t’en aller d? j??
Reste…
Reste ! A moins qu’au fond de ton c? ur,
Plus rien existe, j’en ai peur.
Ta vie serait-elle? une autre?
…Oui? Alors, tu ne me m’aimes plus !
Un nouvel amour est venu
Remplacer la trace du n? tre.
Ah ! Tu vas la retrouver ce soir…
Aussi, quel d? sir, quel espoir
En toi soudain se manifestent.
Oh non ! Pas encore ! Je ne veux pas …
Tu n’iras pas entre ses bras !
Tu n’iras pas, entends-tu?
Reste !
Reste ! Oh pardon … Je souffre trop !
Je suis l? et je dis des mots
Qui te laissent voir ma d? tresse…
Sans toi, chaque nuit je pleurais
Et, te retrouvant, j’esp?rais
Au moins un? lan de tendresse…
Mais quoi? Des larmes dans tes yeux?
Est-ce un remords, est-ce un adieu?
Vois, je n’ai plus qu’un dernier geste,
Et c’est de t’offrir mon pauvre c? ur
O? survit tout notre bonheur…
Oh ! Ch? ri … Tu restes … Tu restes…
Lyrics translation
We're?Quitt? s both
And, suddenly, l?, it's curious,
I'll meet you face-to-face? face.
We thought we'd never see each other again.
Since apr?s a sc? ne, one evening,
I said, " Go ! Let it all go away !»
Now that all is well finished
And that our c? urs have recovered,
Let's just think about the pretty gestures.
Let's just talk as friends.
No ! Don't go ! Just a moment…
Come on, let's see, please.…
Rest…
Rest, let's talk a little
Time o? us? happy,
Because we f? my, I guess.
Right now my c? ur ?mu,
Really, does not remember anymore…
Only our divine minutes.
The harm we've done to ourselves,
Small? kid, shoot? t.
When I?voque everything else,
Your hand fr? mit between my fingers…
You remember ... then why
Want to leave? j??
Rest…
Stay! Unless you're at the bottom of your c? ur,
Nothing exists anymore, I'm afraid.
Would your life be? another one?
... Yes? Then you don't love me anymore !
A new love has come
Replace the n trace? three.
Ah! You're gonna find her tonight.…
Also, what d? sir, what hope
In you suddenly manifest themselves.
Oh no ! Not again! I don't want to …
You won't go between her arms !
You're not going, you hear me?
Stay!
Stay! Oh sorry ... I'm in too much pain !
I'm there? and I say words
Who let you see my d? braid…
Without you, every night I cried
And, finding you, J'esp?Rai
At least one? lan of tenderness…
But what? Tears in your eyes?
Is it remorse, is it goodbye?
See, I just have one last gesture,
And that's giving you my poor c? ur
Or? survives all our happiness…
Oh ! Ch? ri ... you stay ... you stay…