Heures creuses [English translation]

You know, you see working hours

go by ceaselessly,

in an invincible coming and going.

Who could know what you're thinking,

where you're drifting to, sitting

motionless amid the scramble?

(chorus x2)

break time

You just want to be happy

during lunch break.

You cross and uncross your arms and long

for thousands of getaways

and languid dances1

Who could know

what your empty hands want,

how many times they let time

slip between their fingers?

(chorus x2)

Break time

(for how many more times?)

You just want to be happy

(will you be useless during lunch break?)

Break time

(for how many more times?)

You just want to be happy

(will you take control during lunch break?)

1. The "American 15 minutes" is when girls are supposed to ask guys to dance (in a party)