Il venait d'avoir 18 ans [English translation]

He had just turned 18

He was beautifull like a child

Strong like a man

It was summer of course

And I counted, seeing him

My autumn nights

I fixed my hair

A little more black on my eyes

That made him laugh

When he came close to me

I would have given anything

To seduce him

He had just turned 18

That was the best argument

For his victory

He didn't talk to me about love

He thought that words of love

Were derisory

I told me: "I want you"

At the cinema, he had watched

"The game of love"

In the pit of an improvised bed

I discovered, astonished,

A superb heaven

He had just turned 18

That made him nearly insolent

Out of self-assurance

And while he put his clothes back on

Already conquered, I found

My loneliness

I would have liked to hold him back

However I let him leave

Without a gest

He told me: "It wasn't that bad"

With the infernal frankness

Of his youth

I fixed my hair

A little more black on my eyes

Out of habit

I had just forgotten

That I was twice 18 years old