Here I am
I've come to see
the strange effect
of my face in your eyes
and how many people are there
and whether any money will be spent this evening
for this voice that should reach
the last line of chairs
beyond the darkness
and beyond the silence that is slowly setting down
and beyond this light that cuts my face.
And suddenly, here I am.
We are the lover and the bride,
we have arrived here,
the actor and the café-chantant diva
and we'd do anything
to stay here.
We are the father and the daughter,
we have arrived here,
we are a large family,
we have left for a moment
our suitcase over there
in the dressing room that's already old
between the sink and a bucket
between the playbill and the mirror,
between the playbill and the mirror.
Here we are.
We have come for little money 1
because for little money we move
and the curtain has already been lowered
on this life that's not very clean
that reminds us of the colour of the sheets
of some hotels
where they already know our names
and they don't even ask
for our ID anymore.
So, here we are
we have come for nothing
because for nothing we move
and we bow several times
and we thank you a thousand times.
Here we are.
We are the father and the daughter,
we have arrived here by chance,
we are a large family
we have left for a moment
our life over there
in the dressing room that's already old
between the sink and a bucket
between the playbill and the mirror,
between the playbill and the mirror.
1. also: for a short time