La Poupée [English translation]

She stares at me blankly

as I walk by

In her deep wrinkles

I stumbled

It tears at my guts,

her beautiful ruined face

like a bleak star

ready to tumble.

She draws on an endlessly relit dogend

as I reach out to her through the smoke

She was so pretty, my doll,

angel forsaken as she was.

Had a few people looked at her,

maybe winter

would not have broken her.

One foot loose,

she lost her marbles1.

She's loosing her balance

between two salty tears.

A kind of acidic taste

lingers in her kisses.

She says she's clear-headed,

no more settling down2 ever.

She draws on an endlessly relit dogend

as I reach out to her through the smoke

She was so pretty, my doll,

angel forsaken as she was.

Had a few people looked at her,

maybe winter

would not have broken her.

As for you heart, I keep it warm during winter

waiting for the sun to come back.

And though mine spends winter in a warm place,

know that over you I watch3.

She was so pretty, my doll,

angel forsaken as she was.

Had a few people looked at her,

maybe winter

would not have broken her.

Maybe winter has

lasted for too long already.

1. "déménager" usually means "to move house" but also "to go mad" in slang2. "se caser" could also mean "find a lover/husband"3. the word order is a bit unusual in French too