Chère inconnue [English translation]

Dear Stranger,

Would you happen to have taken possession

Of my life, of my sight,

In some unknown land?

No?

Dear Stranger,

If only you knew that a

Numb and disappointed

Love quivered,

Unbeknownst to you

No?

Dear Stranger,

You who never goes out

Without your dear overcoat,

Would you happen to have chosen it?

No?

This avenue,

This two-piece town apartment facing mine

Which turns you into my target, ma beautiful ingenue,

Undressed all in black

Disappointed

Dear Stranger,

I know nothing of your marital status

Born of an unknown father,

At the end of some street

No?

Dear Stranger,

I chain to the strong pencils

The besotted views

Of your anatomy

Had I known

That you were easy, I would have come

Instead of that imbecile living on the story above yours,

Undressed all in black

Do you know it?

Dear Stranger,

I want your flesh-colored stockings

I want your off-white skin,

For the rest of my life

No

Dear Stranger,

I didn't know it, but life

Is the sum of many blunders

And a single point of view

And this avenue

Had some quiet days

Before your arrival, which makes me irascible

My dear Stranger

Undressed all in black

Dear Stranger,

Would you happen to have taken possession

Of my life, of my sight,

In some unknown land?

No?