Compagnon disparu [English translation]

The companion lost

The companion of my age

We both used to be like the two eyes of one face

And even so you leave, sole and naked

For the land of the lost sight

Like life comes

Like death comes

You came simply

As if arriving at the port

Stronger than love

Stronger than hate

You were part of me, companion

Like my other self

But they found you

Dead at the corner of a street

One summer night

Which cried out to the clouds

For your pierced body

Is my living pain

Into the eternity

Which stays indifferent

The companion of my choice

The companion of hope

Nothing will kill in me

Your secret presence

It is here like defiance

Of the firing guns

A part of me

Is on the other shore

And spends with you

This decisive hour

When I think of you

My pain is unjust

Because you live in me

Beyond death