Baby Carni Bird [English translation]

The highway was barred off

When he overturned me

One night, somewhere north of Nice

Dazzled by the headlights

I caught his gaze

And plunged headlong

Swallow your breath

Your girlish pride

I picked myself up and gave him

My good hand

But I could not remember

My maiden name

And so I invented,

“My name is Baby Carni Bird

I’m the only one in the world

I’m yours

For I can fly up in the air

And you can shoot me when you like

I’m yours”

The sky is a peak

Where stars expire

And there together we drove

Through the windshield

I saw the snow melting

From the highest mounts

His lips were wet

His teeth were files

His eyes were pitfalls

And his fiery tales

of fays and runaways

Haunted my restless sleep

“My name is Baby Carni Bird

I’m the only one in the world

I’m yours

For I can fly up in the air

And you can shoot me when you like

I’m yours”

The highway was barred off

When they found me

In my blood somewhere north of Nice

The sky is a summit

Whence one can never return

But don’t tell the police

But don’t tell the police