Belle Hélène

So it’s really come to this
that you’re lying here next to me
and in the morning's twilight
I’m looking at your face.
You’re the same but somehow different,
I haven’t seen you in so long.
You’re suddenly not a kid anymore,
but so beautiful and at least 17.

Oh beautiful Hélène,
Hélène my beautiful.

I don’t know if it’s good or bad
that I wanted to be with you,
and no matter what others might say,
I enjoyed my time with you.
As you lie here sleeping next to me,
I’ve never seen you like this before.
You suddenly seem no longer a child,
but so beautiful and at least 17.

Oh beautiful Hélène,
Hélène my beautiful.