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Quand on n'a que l'amour

Jacques Brel
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English Translation by Anne-Marie de Grazia
IF WE ONLY HAVE LOVEWHEN ONE ONLY HAS LOVE
  
If we only have loveWhen one only has love
Then tomorrow will dawnAs a give and take
And the days of our yearsAt the dawn of the great journey
Will rise on that mornOf this our great love
  
If we only have loveWhen one only has love
To embrace without fearsMy love, you and I
We will kiss with our eyesTo make burst with joy
We will sleep without tearsEvery hour of every day
  
If we only have loveWhen one only has love
With our arms open wideTo live up to our promises
Then the young and the oldWithout any other riches
Will stand at our sideThen to believe in it always
  
If we only have loveWhen one only has love
Love that's falling like rainTo furnish with wonder
Then the parched desert earthAnd cover with light
Will grow green againThe blight of the suburbs
  
If we only have loveWhen one only has love
For the hymn that we shoutAs a sole purpose
For the song that we singAs a sole song
Then we'll have a way outAnd sole recourse
  
If we only have loveWhen one only has love
We can reach those in painTo clothe at dawn
We can heal all our woundsThe poor and the criminal
We can use our own namesIn mantles of velvet
  
If we only have loveWhen one only has love
We can melt all the gunsTo offer in prayer
And then give the new worldFor the suffering world
To our daughters and sonsAs a modest minstrel
  
If we only have loveWhen one only has love
Then Jerusalem standsTo give to those
And then death has no shadowWhose only fight
There are no foreign landsIs to search for daylight
  
If we only have loveWhen one only has love
We will never bow downTo trace a path
We'll be tall as the pinesAnd force fate
Neither heroes nor clownsAt every crossroads
  
If we only have loveWhen one only has love
Then we'll only be menTo speak to cannons
And we'll drink from the GrailAnd only a song
To be born once againTo change the mind of a drum
  
Then with nothing at allThen without having nothing
But the little we areBut the strength to love
We'll have conquered all timeWe shall hold in our hands
All space, the sun, and the starsMy friend, the entire world


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