Adieu Angélina [English translation]

[Roch]

Goodbye, Angelina, the bells of the crown

have been stolen at dawn—I hear them ringing.

And I need to hurry—I must catch up to them.

Goodbye, Angelina, the sky is on fire,

and I'm leaving.

There is no point in making a lot out of it.

There is no point in letting everyone know.

This is an empty table on the seashore.

Goodbye, Angelina, the sky shook.

I must leave.

Kings and queens leave the barnyard.

Two hundred gypsies entered the court.

In the room where anything goes, nothing is fine with me.

Goodbye, Angelina, the sky is falling,

I will see you later.

[Nana]

Look at these pirates in the Milky Way,

who shoot boxes with a sawed-off shotgun.

Neighbors applaud, shouting for joy.

Goodbye, Angelina, the sky fades.

I have to get away.

[Nana and Roch]:

King Kong and the elves will dance on the rooftops—

long familiar tangos, even while, with their fingers

makeup artists try to close the eyes of death.

Goodbye, Angelina, the sky is too dark,

I must escape.

[Nana and Roch]:

The machine guns spatter—dolls mobilize.

C-4 bombs explode in churches.

Label me as you wish—I will not argue.

But goodbye, Angelina, the sky rages—

I am going to look for peace.

Goodbye, Angelina, I am going to look for peace.

• Artist:Nana Mouskouri
• Album:Nana Mouskouri & Friends - Rendez-Vous