De toi à moi II [English translation]

For this strange boat we took one day

No longer believing in anything but ourselves and our fine laws,

You and I who embark, leaving the promise land

Where loves are tied to a fragile destiny,

For this strange ship that was our refuge

Where our jostled bodies believed themselves immortal

Waiting for us in the face of the worst floods

Our miraculous joys of everlasting shouts

I leave you

For the subtle nuances of our enlightened doubts,

The vows of our souls and our Bohemian paths,

For our beautiful differences and our complexities,

For the infinite happiness of your skin on mine.

For all our skillfully aroused experiences,

Our cigarettes and our drugs, our electrifying games,

For our adolescence that we left behind together,

For the man and for the woman that we are right now

I leave you

For our powerful arguments that burned our wings,

Our official caresses and our instincitive escapes,

For these fatal moments of true brothel happiness!

To contemplate the sky chattering of furtive stars,

For this large, patiently drawn world,

And for this living sky where we hid ourselves,

For the countless torments so often passed by,

And for all the following where you will miss me

I leave you

I leave you