Quand on n'a que l'amour Lyrics in English Dalida , Jacques Brel
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Quand on n'a que l'amour by Dalida from French to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Quand on n'a que l' amour
When you only have love
A s'offrir en partage
To be offered in sharing
Au jour du grand voyage
On the day of the big trip
Qu'est notre grand amour
What is our great love
Quand on n'a que l'amour
When you only have love
Mon amour toi et moi
My love you and me
Pour qu'éclatent de joie
For joy to erupt
Chaque heure et chaque jour
Every hour and every day
Quand on n'a que l'amour
When you only have love
Pour vivre nos promesses
To live our promises
Sans nulle autre richesse
With no other wealth
Que d'y croire toujours
What to believe in it
Quand on n'a que l'amour
When you only have love
Pour meubler de merveilles
To furnish with wonders
Et couvrir de soleil
And cover with sun
La laideur des faubourgs
The ugliness of the suburbs
Quand on n'a que l'amour
When you only have love
Pour unique raison
For one reason
Pour unique chanson
For single song
Et unique secours
And only relief
Quand on n'a que l'amour
When you only have love
Pour habiller matin
To dress up in the morning
Pauvres et malandrins
Poor and malandrins
De manteaux de velours
Velvet coats
Quand on n'a que l'amour
When you only have love
A offrir en prière
To be offered in prayer
Pour les maux de la terre
For the evils of the earth
En simple troubadour
In simple troubadour
Quand on n'a que l'amour
When you only have love
A offrir à ceux-là
To offer to them
Dont l'unique combat
Whose only fight
Est de chercher le jour
Is to look for the day
Quand on n'a que l'amour
When you only have love
Pour tracer un chemin
To chart a path
Et forcer le destin
And force fate
A chaque carrefour
At every crossroads
Quand on n'a que l'amour
When you only have love
Pour parler aux canons
To talk to the guns
Et rien qu'une chanson
And just a song
Pour convaincre un tambour
To convince a drum
Alors sans avoir rien
So without having anything
Que la force d'aimer
That the strength to love
Nous aurons dans nos mains
We will have in our hands
Amis le monde entier
Friends the world
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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Jacques Brel
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