Emmenez-moi [English translation]

Towards the docks where the weight and the boredom

Curve my back

They arrive, stomach heavy with fruits

The boats

They come from the ends of the Earth

Bringing with them

Ideas of wanderers

Reflections of the blue sky

Of mirage

Dragging peppery scents

Of unknown lands

And of eternal summers

Where one lives almost naked

On the beach

Me, who didn't know all my life

What the northern sky was

I would like to change up this grey,

Turn my life around

Bring me

To the end of the world

Bring me

To the land of wonders

It seems to me that poverty

Would be less painful in the sun

In bars at dusk

With sailors

When we talk about girls or love

A glass in hand

I lose the concept of things

And suddenly my thought

Lifts me and drops me

A marvellous summer

On the pebble beach

Where I see outstretched arms

Love that, like a madman,

Runs to meet me

And I hang myself by the neck

In my dream

When the bars close, the sailors

Catch up with their ship

Me, I'm still dreaming until morning

Standing on the harbor

Bring me

To the end of the world

Bring me

To the land of wonders

It seems to me that poverty

Would be less painful in the sun

A beautiful day on a cracking boat

From hull to deck

To leave I will work in

The coal bunker

Taking the road that leads me

To my dreams of children

On the distant riverbanks

Where nothing is important

Than living

Where languid girls'

Hearts love us

In weaving, I was told,

These flower necklaces

Are intoxicating

I'll flee, leaving my past there

Without any remorse

Without baggage and a liberated heart

Singing very loudly

Bring me

To the end of the world

Bring me

To the land of wonders

It seems to me that poverty

Would be less painful in the sun