Don't leave me

Ne me quitte pas (Don’t leave me)

Jacques Brel

Don't leave me

We must forget

All can be forgotten

That has already passed away

Forget the time

Of misunderstandings

And the time lost

Trying to know "how"

Forget those hours

That sometimes kill

With slaps of "why"

The heart of happiness

Don't leave me

Don't leave me

Don't leave me

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I will give to you

Pearls made of rain

From countries

Where it never rains

I will work the land

All my life and beyond

To cover your body

With gold and with light

I will make a land

Where love will be king

Where love will be law

Where you will be queen

Don't leave me

Don't leave me

Don't leave me

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Don't leave me

I will invent, for you

Fanciful words

That you'll understand

I will tell you

About those lovers

Who have twice seen

Their hearts set ablaze

I will tell you

The story of the king

Who died of not having

Ever met you

Don't leave me

Don't leave me

Don't leave me

Don't leave me

We've often seen

Fire flowing again

From an ancient volcano

Considered too old

It's said that there are

Fire-scorched lands

That yield more wheat

Than the best April

And when evening comes

With a burning sky

The red and the black--

Are they not joined together?

Don't leave me

Don't leave me

Don't leave me

Don't leave me

Don't leave me

I won't cry anymore

I won't talk anymore

I will hide over there

To watch you

Dance and smile

And to hear you

Sing and then laugh

Let me become

The shadow of your shadow

The shadow of your hand

The shadow of your dog

Don't leave me

Don't leave me

Don't leave me

Don't leave me

*I prefer Nina Simone version...