Et Si Tu N'existais Pas

And if you didn't exist
Tell me why would I exist
To wander in a world without you
Without hope and without regret

And if you didn't exist
I would try to invent love
Like a painter who sees under his fingers
The colors of the day being born
And can't believe it

And if you didn't exist
Tell me for whom would I exist
Sleeping passers-by in my arms
Whom I would never love

And if you didn't exist
I would be just one more point
In this world that comes and goes
I would feel lost
I would need you

And if you didn't exist
Tell me how would I exist
I could pretend to be myself
But I wouldn't be true

And if you didn't exist
I think I would have found
The secret of life, the reason
Simply to create you
And to watch you

And if you didn't exist
Tell me why would I exist
To wander in a world without you
Without hope and without regret

And if you didn't exist
I would try to invent love
Like a painter who sees under his fingers
The colors of the day being born
And can't believe it