Pour que tu m'aimes encore

One of my favorite songs from Celine Dion is 'pour que tu m'aimes encore', or 'So You'll Love Me Once More'. Some of her deepest and most beautiful songs are in French, and this is once of those instances. There's an English version called 'If That's What It Takes', but I didn't like how they completely changed the meaning. The hauntingly beautiful (and slightly creepy - but what's love without a bit of crazy) lyricism is lost in the English one, so I had to take it upon myself to translate a version that I was satisfied with. 

The song is basically about someone who's willing to do whatever it takes to get back the love of a man she once had, and would do just lunatic stuff (like chanting magic spells) to get it.

Understood all your words, they made perfect sense

I'm the one you should blame, dropping all my pretense

I just say I'm all right, but you know that I'm breaking up inside

Do you see it in my eyes

Everything fades away, don't leave me today

Darling you should know

I will search for your heart, let me make my amends

Even as night descends, every day without end

I can bear with the cold, your soul I'll look for

Enchantment cast upon, pour que tu m'aimes encore

You should not have begun, attract me that way

Should not give you my all, it's a game I can't play

Cause I've reached out for you when the thunder is crashing up above

I thought that it was love

When you smile like the sun that shines through the rain

That's why I'm still here

I will search for your heart, let me make my amends

Even as night descends, every day without end

I can bear with the cold, your soul I'll look for

Enchantment cast upon, pour que tu m'aimes encore

Let us travel towards fields of eternal spring

Using every language, your praises I'll sing

I'll say those words of magic, tribal priests said before

With no trace of remorse, pour que tu m'aimes encore

I will make myself king, so you won't dare leave me

I will light a new spark, flames of passion we'll see

I'll learn what you desire, who you want me to be

You're my priority, every second I live

I will strive to become someone you can adore

Even turn myself gold, pour que tu m'aimes encore