L'amour c'est comme un jour

The song moves from passionate closeness to separation and remembrance. At first, the speaker is absorbed in the beloved and urges them to enjoy their love before time carries it away. Later, the relationship has ended: the beloved seems to have forgotten, and the speaker is left with memories. The mood changes from urgent and sensuous to wistful, though affection remains.

The central comparison is that love is like a day: bright and full of changing weather, but temporary. Images of sunshine, moonlight, and rain suggest that love can hold joy, tenderness, and conflict as well as passing time. “Our summer has gone” also presents the relationship as a season that has ended. The phrase meaning “pieces of happiness” suggests that only fragments of their shared joy remain.

The song does not explain why the lovers separated, or whether the speaker hopes they might reunite. The repeated idea that love “goes away” sounds resigned, but the tender memories show that the feeling has not simply disappeared. The speaker may be grieving both the lost relationship and the briefness of happiness itself.