Le Petit Brouillard [English translation]

Always this nasty little fog

Always these nasty little blues1

That go all the way down to your bone

And stick to your skin

It's like I can see him again,

the night his friend from the harbour

brought him the fake passport

and his visa for Buenos Aires

I don't know what he'd done

I had only understood one thing:

That his last chance was

to take the ship at dawn

And when it was time to leave

He gave me one last look

In the pale early morning

Torn apart by the sirens

Always this nasty little fog

Always these nasty little blues

That go all the way down to your bone

And stick to your skin

The footbridge was lifted

And just when I thought he was safe

Some men came

And brought him back to the ground

I don't know what he'd done

But, to not jeopardise me

He let himself be handcuffed

Acting like he didn't know me

And ever since they took him,

I spend days thinking about him

While watching the ocean liners

Decrease and disappear

Always this nasty little fog

Always these nasty little blues

Always this nasty little fog

Always these nasty little blues

Always this nasty little fog

Always these nasty little blues...

1. cafard can mean cockroach, can be slang for thief, or 'avoir le cafard' can mean to be depressed. I don't really know what this was supposed to mean and no one else seems to either