Emmenez-moi [English translation]

Around the docks, where burden and boredom

bend my back down

here they come, their bellies heavy

with fruits, the ships.

They come from all over the world

bringing along

wandering thoughts

tinged with blue skies

and mirages

trailing a peppery scent

of unknown countries

and everlasting summers

where people live half-naked

on the beaches.

I who saw all my life

nothing but the northern sky

would like to wash this grayness

going about.

Carry me away all over the world

Carry me away to wonderland

It seems that misery

would be less hard under the sun

In the bars at dusk

with the sailors

as we talk about girls and love

with a glass in hand

I loose my sense

and suddenly my thoughts

carry me away,

on a wonderful summer day,

to the shore

where I see Love, arms outstretched

running madly to meet me

and I throw my arms

around my dream

As bars close and sailors

go back on board

I still dream till morning,

awake in the harbour

Carry me away all over the world

Carry me away to wonderland

It seems that misery

would be less hard under the sun

One glorious day, on an old tub creaking

from hull to deck

to earn my leave I'll work

at the boilers.

Following the road that leads

to my childhood dreams,

on islands faraway,

where nothing matters

but living,

where languid girls

capture your heart,

or so I've been told, by weaving

intoxicating

flower collars

I'll run away, leaving my past

with no remorse whatsoever

with no luggage and a free heart

singing ever so loudly

Carry me away all over the world

Carry me away to wonderland

It seems that misery

would be less hard under the sun