Le prochain amour
Jacques Brel
The Next Love
We may do and we may say
That a warned man is worth two
We may do and we may say
It feels good to be in love
I know, I know that this next love
Will be for me the next defeat
I already know at the party's entrance
The dead leaf that the dawn will be
I know, I know without knowing your name
That I will be your next capture
I already know that it's through their whispers
That ponds put rivers in prison
But we may do and we may say
That a warned man is worth two
We may do and we may say
It feels good to be in love
I know, I know that this next love
Won't live until the next summer
I already know that the time for kisses
For two paths only lasts at a crossroad
I know, I know that this next happiness
Will be for me the next of wars
I already know this dreadful prayer
That one must cry when the other is the winner
But we may do and we may say
That a warned man is worth two
We may do and we may say
It feels good to be in love
I know, I know that this next love
Will be for us to live a new reign
Of which we will both believe to carry the chains
Of which we will believe the other has the velvet
I know, I know that my tender weakness
Will make us enemy ships
But my heart knows of enemy ships
Sailing together to fish for tenderness
Because we may do because we may say
That a warned man is worth two
We may do and we may say
It feels good to be in love