Benjamin English translation

When the sun across
Quand le soleil à travers
The forest
La forêt
Changes into gold
Se change en or
In your arms it's beautiful
Dans vos bras c′est beau
A boy that fell asleep
Un garçon qui s'endort
He looked like
Il avait l′air
A child
D'un enfant
Without parents
Sans parents
Who's trying to know
Qui cherche encore
If his route
Si sa route
Go towards south or north
Ira vers le sud ou le nord

Benjamin
Benjamin
It's his name
C'est son nom
He looks like the colour
Il ressemble à la couleur
Of my song
De ma chanson
A bit sad, cyclamen (wild violet flower in the Alps)
Un peu triste, cyclamen
However, however
Pourtant, pourtant
It's him that I love
C′est lui que j′aime
That I love
Que j'aime
Benjamin
Benjamin
From the beautiful days
Des beaux jours
Where love wasn't called love yet
O l′amour ne s'appelait pas encore l′amour
Benjamin, my old friend
Benjamin mon vieil ami
From the time, from the time when I was learning life
Du temps, du temps où j'apprenais la vie

I love him
Je l′aime

When the sun
Quant le soleil
Has left
A qui
The forest
La forêt
I took his hand
J'ai pris sa main
A morning facing the cross roads
Un matin devant la croise des chemins
While pledging
En se jurant
Tenderly
Tendrement
To love each other
De s'aimer

Till the death
Jusqu la mort
He went south and I went north
Il a pris le sud et moi j′ai pris le nord

Benjamin
Benjamin
It's his name
C′est son nom
He looks like the colour
Il ressemble à la couleur
Of my song
De ma chanson
A bit sad, cyclamen (wild violet flower in the Alps)
Un peu triste, cyclamen
However, however
Pourtant, pourtant
It's him that I love
C'est lui que j′aime
That I love
Que j'aime
Benjamin
Benjamin
From the beautiful days
Des beaux jours
Where love wasn't called love yet
O l′amour ne s'appelait pas encore l′amour

Benjamin, my old friend
Benjamin mon vieil ami
From the time, from the time when I was learning life
Du temps, du temps où j'apprenais la vie
I love him
Je l'aime

Benjamin, I love him
Benjamin,. je l′aime