Oh my garden of cool water and shade
My dance of being, my somber heart
My sky with stars beyond count
My boat far off, gentle to row
Happy the one who grows deaf
To song unless it's from his love
Blind to the day after his day
His eyes closed on you alone
Happy the one who dies of love
Happy the one who dies of love
Loving so hard, his lips shut
That he needs nothing at all
Except the memory of roses
Forever scented by you
The one who dies even to pain
For whom without you the world's a sham
And keeps from it only your colors
It's enough for him that he named you
Happy the one who dies of love
Happy the one who dies of love
My child he says, my dear soul
The time to know you, oh woman
Eternity's just a swoon
In the fire I'm consumed by
He said oh woman and falls silent
The name that looks like ember
Like the red strawberry mouth
Forever shaped between his teeth
Happy the one who dies of love
Happy the one who dies of love
He said oh woman and it ends
So life, so dream
Whether on the Grève square
Young lovers, you for whom it's time
Between the dance and the journey
Mad the one sparing himself who thinks he's wise
Shout at whoever wants to blame you
Happy the one who dies of love
Happy the one who dies of love