Barbara / Arr Tharaud: Say, when will you return? (Dis, quand reviendras tu ?) [Arr. Tharaud for Cello & Piano]

Many days have gone by and so many dark nights
 Look at how long it's been since you told me goodbye
 You said this voyage would be my very last
 When I come back to you, we will forget the past
 In the spring you will see, I will be at your side
 Oh the spring is sublime when the world comes alive
 We'll go walking together through gardens and flowers
 And stroll on and on, through the streets of Paris
 Say, when will you return
 Say, do you know yourself?
 And all the time that passes will not return again
 All the time we have lost and nothing will remain
 The springtime disappeared a long time ago now
 The leaves are falling with small curls around
 To see Paris divine on a late autumn day
 But then I must lay down, I swoon and I sway
 I shake, I tremble, and as the song goes
 I come, I go, I spin, I turn all so slow
 Your image haunts me, I whisper to you
 And it hurts me so much I don't know what to do
 Say, when will you return
 Say, do you know yourself?
 And all the time that passes will not return again
 All the time we have lost and nothing will remain
 Even though I love you and will love you always
 I love none but you for the rest of my days
 If you don't understand that you must return soon
 You and I will become blue shadows on the moon
 Then I'll take to the road, see the sea and the land
 Maybe find another sun to warm my cold hands
 I am not one of those willing to die for love
 I could never be a sailor's faithful wife
 Say, when will you return
 Say, do you know yourself?
 And all the time that passes will not return again
 All the time we have lost and nothing, no nothing will remain again