Elle dort [English translation]

She dances on immense wood floors

Glistening like a lake

Confused in the winds amused

By her flapping dress

Swaying like a flamme

Ballerina

She balances without effort

She will enter by the great stairs

That she adores

She runs

In the back alleys nearby

In the laughters and the puddles

Light

Above the fences

And the grating of the parks

Swaying like a flamme

She soars at the arm of a conquistador

On the mobile chair

Where heavily, lies her body

She sleeps

It is only a matter of seconds

At last

She can do like everybody

Pursue a bird, a ball, a treasure

But she sleeps

Attached to a seat

Like on water

The cork float

And always that movie

Bringing her back on the edge

She goes out

Neither hurt nor frail nor a crystal doll

Outside

Where the world goes

At a normal speed

Elsewhere

In other costumes

And standing

Mostly in other settings

On the mobile crate

Where heavily, lies her body

She sleeps

She sleeps

Like you give in a book

She sleeps

Like you begin to live

Even more when the world accelerates

Outside

But she sleeps

Attached to a seat

The child that never came down the carousel

She loves those burning hours

Where she thinks

She dances

She dances

She dances on immense wood floors

Glistening like a lake

Confused in the winds amused

By her flapping dress