La chambre d'amis [English translation]

An oak coffee table, a TV set, a few channels

A mediocre view, a cream-colored sofa bed

A heap of magazines, some trophies in a showcase

A flask of wild water and double windows

Half-closed curtains, some plants, 2:30

In the guest room, for the first night

In the lovers' room, you sleep alone now

In the guest room, I watch the rain falling,

The travelling stars, and I fall asleep on my stomach

A leaning shelf, a red and white rocket

Some heaps of clothes, monkey money

Old yellowed photographs, movies forbidden

To people under 18 of age and children drawings

Half-closed curtains, motionless, 3 o'clock

In the guest room, I am that enemy

Sleeping in the purgatory, at the left of the hallway

In the guest room, from thesis to theory

I know that I am completely wrong, I fall asleep on my back

In the guest room, I will welcome girls

Partners in bitterness, beautiful night birds

In the lovers' room, I will go from time to time

But the following morning, thrown out of Heaven,

I will take back my marbles, my Bulgari watch

And I will come back here, in the guest room