Si je voulais t'écrire un mot
en grandes lettres sur le mur du jardin
et si elles mesuraient deux pieds
que les roses grimpent entre elles
quel serait ce mot? comment pourrait-il me définir?
quand me serait-il révélé?
si ce mot était "tendresse"
je le peindrais jaune comme les jonquilles
si ce mot était "solitude" je ne le peindrais qu'en bleu
mais là, dans le jardin toutes les couleurs de l'univers
chantent en chœur une chanson pour toi
que ce mot soit gravé dans la pierre,
et que la mousse le recouvre entièrement
et qu'il soit un testament de la grâce sans fin de l'amour
car là dans le jardin
entouré de lierre et de virginité
que le clair de lune brille sur ce mot – vérité
(Translation)
If I wrote a word today
in great big letters on your garden wall
if I wrote them two feet high
let the roses trail through
what would that word be? how do I define my philosophy?
when will it be revealed to me?
if my word was tenderness
I’d paint it yellow like the daffodils
if my word was loneliness I could only paint it blue
but here in the garden all the colours of the universe
sing in one choir a song for you
so let my word be carved in stone
and let the moss grow o’er its’ face
let it be a testament to love’s unending grace
cause here in the garden
surrounded by the ivy and the maidenshead
let the moonlight shine upon my word – truth
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