Hanoï [English translation]

In the rearview mirror, I look if I perceive you,

Hanoi, Hanoi, I remember

Your face, your flavor, your streets too.

I watch you crossing, I'm with you

Hanoi, Hanoi, you hold me

Your typhoons cry

Your heroes die

The rain tumbles.

Around the lake I hear

Noises that reason,

Motorcycles waves.

Which is this other person?

Your heart honking

Under your eyes, squatting

Around the lake there is

A bubbling world.

In front of me a picture,

Lovers are questioning

And my voice hums

I’ll see you again.

In the moist heat on your sidewalks,

Hanoi, Hanoi, you show me

Your smile, your life outside, your colors too.

Under the electric jungle I lose my way,

Hanoi, Hanoi, I belong to you.

On the green water

Your puppets

Dance another life.

Around the lake I hear

Noises that reason,

Motorcycles waves.

Which is this other person?

Your heart honking

Under your eyes, squatting

Around the lake there is

A bubbling world.

In front of me a picture,

Lovers are questioning

And my voice hums

I’ll see you again.

In the rearview mirror, I look if I perceive you,

Hanoi, Hanoi, so far from me.

The bike, the moon flower and me in Paris,

Hanoi, Hanoi.