À Quoi Ça Sert L'amour ? Lyrics in English Edith Piaf , Theo Sarapo

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song À Quoi Ça Sert L'amour ? by Edith Piaf from French to English.
What's love for
They always tell
Crazy stories
What's the point of loving?
Love can't be explained
It's a thing like that
That comes from who knows where
And grabs you all at once
Me, I heard people say
That love makes you suffer
That love makes you cry
What's the point of loving?
Love, what's it for?
To give us joy
With tears in our eyes
It's sad and marvelous
Yet people often say
That love's disappointing
That one in two
Is never happy
Even when you've lost it
The love we once knew
Leaves you a taste of honey
Love is eternal
All that's very pretty
But when it's all over
You're left with nothing
But a vast sorrow
All that right now
Seems heartbreaking to you
Tomorrow will be for you
A memory of joy
In short, if I got it right
Without love in life
Without its joys, its sorrows
Did we live for nothing?
But yeah, look at me
Every time I believe in it
And I'll always believe
That's what love is for
But you, you're the last
But you, you're the first
Before you, there was nothing
With you I feel fine
You're the one I wanted
You're the one I needed
You, whom I'll always love
That's what love is for
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SONG MEANING

Is love worth all the fuss? Edith Piaf and Théo Sarapo tackle this eternal question in their playful yet poignant duet À Quoi Ça Sert L'amour ?. Throughout the song they volley back and forth, listing every contradiction of romance: it can make you soar with joy and drown in tears, last forever yet disappear in a heartbeat, leave only sorrow yet taste like honey in memory. Their conversation feels like a late-night café debate where both singers admit they have heard all the warnings, but still cannot resist believing in love again and again.

The message glows with French charm: life without love would be empty, because even the heartbreaks become treasured memories. In the end the two voices proclaim that finding the right person makes every risk worthwhile. Joy, pain, laughter, and tears all blend into one unforgettable adventure – and that, they conclude, is exactly what love is for.

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