La fée [English translation]

I too have a fairy at home

When the gutters were so full of rain

I found her lying on my roof

There was a fire on her dress's train

It was the morning

And coffee filled the air

A sheet of frost on everything in sight

Curled in herself, her wings were folded like a book

The moon was drunk when she, went home to the night

I too have a fairy at home

And her tail has been singed

She feels chagrin for what the future holds

She'll never fly again, with the state it's in

Others like her have tried before

And before you, there was one more

I saw her, folded in her wings

And I thought, she must be cold and sore

I too have a fairy at home

And from my bookshelf ledge, she looks up to see

The news on TV and she thinks

Outside is war- that's what she believes

And she reads all sorts of news

Stays cooped up in the house

Stays by the window, counting hours

Stays by the window, counting hours

I too have a fairy at home

And every time she drinks her soup

She makes a clatter, with her wings unhealed

And I know too well, that she's dissolute

But I prefer to kiss her face

Or to hold her in my palm

Yes I too have a fairy at home

She'd love to fly, but her wings are gone