Genius English Translations
Jacques Brel - Le Prochain Amour (English Translation)
[Chorus]
We can do as we like, we can say as we like
That forewarned is forearmed
We can do as we like, we can say as we like
But how good it feels to be in love!

[Verse 1]
I know, I know, that this next love
Will be for me, the next defeat
I already know, entering the party
The dead leaf, that the dawn will be
I know, I know, without knowing your name
That I will be, your next catch
I already know, that it's through their whispers
That ponds are nothing but imprisonеd rivers

[Chorus]
We can do as we likе, we can say as we like
That forewarned is forearmed
We can do as we like, we can say as we like
But how good it feels to be in love!

[Verse 2]
I know, I know, that this next love
Won't last as long as until next summer
I already know that the time of hooking up
By two paths won't last after a crossroad
I know, I know, that this next happiness
Will be nothing but my very next war
I already know this frightful prayer
That one must cry, when the other, is the winner
[Chorus]
We can do as we like, we can say as we like
That forewarned is forearmed
We can do as we like, we can say as we like
But how good it feels to be in love!

[Verse 3]
I know, I know, that this next love
Will be for us to live under a new reign
Where we both believe we wear the chains
Where we each believe the other will take advantage
I know, I know, that my tender weakness
Will make of us, enemy ships
But my heart knows, of enemy ships
Leaving together, to fish for tenderness

[Chorus]
We can do as we like, we can say as we like
That forewarned is forearmed
We can do as we like, we can say as we like
But how good it feels to be in love!