I wish we'd known each other before,
When Eden was still full of fruit,
Like Adam and Eve,
With no one else in the world.

I wish I'd known you before,
Gone to the same school,
Spoken the same language,
Spent the same childhood,
And grown up in the same town.

We'd have much more to talk about,
Like the friends, boys and girls, you had.

But I'm all alone!
With the vague memories of my mad youth,
My imperfect accent,
And my overwhelming passion,
And my poor heart,
Which you don't want to own!