Que Serais-je Sans Toi

What would I be without you who came to meet me
What would I be without you but a sleeping heart?
That this hour stopped on the dial of the watch
What would I be without you, this stammering

I learned everything about human things from you
And I now saw the world in your way
I learned everything from you like one drinks from fountains
As we read the distant stars in the sky
As if to the passer-by who sings, we take up his song
I learned everything from you, even the meaning of thrills

What would I be without you who came to meet me
What would I be without you but a sleeping heart?
That this hour stopped on the dial of the watch
What would I be without you, this stammering

I learned everything from you about me
That it is day at noon that a sky can be blue
That happiness is not a tavern lamp
You took me by the hand in this modern hell
Where man no longer knows what it is to be two
You took me by the hand like a happy lover

What would I be without you who came to meet me
What would I be without you but a sleeping heart?
That this hour stopped on the dial of the watch
What would I be without you, this stammering

He who speaks of happiness often has sad eyes
Isn't it a sob of disappointment
A broken string on the guitarist's fingers
And yet I tell you that happiness exists
Elsewhere than in the dream elsewhere than in the clouds
Earth earth here are its unknown harbors

What would I be without you who came to meet me
What would I be without you but a sleeping heart?
That this hour stopped on the dial of the watch
What would I be without you, this stammering