If You Go Away" is an adaptation of the 1959 Jacques Brel (Belgium) song "Ne me quitte pas" with English lyrics by Rod McKuen. Created as part of a larger project to translate Brel's work, "If You Go Away" is considered a pop standardand has been recorded by many artists : there are many other versions of the song but they are made of TERRY JACKS , Jaque Brel , Patricia Kaas , Julio Iglesias , Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand , Oscar Benton , Glen Campbell , Shirley Bassey , Tom Jones , Barbra Streisand , Dusty Springfield , Cydni Lauper , Caro Emerald ,Petrus Tit, Rod Mckuen , Madonna , Bobby Goldsboro , Novo Bono. Jr , Regine Velasquez ,