Les cigarillos [English translation]

The cigarillos have the advantage of making a space around me

I appreciate their tobacco

And the consideration

The cigarillos are not like me, marked with timidity

And their aggression

Is subtly nuanced

Without ever saying anything to hurt you

They dismiss you tenderly

Ah! What tobacco 1

What tobacco

What tobacco

What tobacco x2

The cigarillos often cost me tearful goodbyes

From women of quality

And from courtesans

The cigarillos know as I do that it’s not my beautiful eyes

That they beg for, but rather

The end of the havana

Without waiting for everything to be consumed

They disappear in the haze

Ah! What tobacco

What tobacco

What tobacco

What tobacco x4

1. could also mean ‘what a hit!’, ‘what a smash’