Lyric discussion by TheWrongGirl 

Cover art for La Collectionneuse lyrics by Charlotte Gainsbourg

anyone who can translate?

All the French verses are poetry by Guillaume Apollinaire, so some translations can be found online. I found translations for each verse and put them together here:

I picked this sprig of heather Autumn is dead - remember We will never see each other again on this earth Odor of time, sprig of heather And remember that I am waiting for you

I have had the courage to look behind me At the corpses of my days

How slowly time passes As a funeral passes You will regret this hour of tears It will leave only too soon Like all other hours...