Elle dort [English translation]
Elle dort [English translation]
She dances on immense wood floors
Glistening like a lake
Confused in the winds amused
By her flapping dress
Swaying like a flamme
Ballerina
She balances without effort
She will enter by the great stairs
That she adores
She runs
In the back alleys nearby
In the laughters and the puddles
Light
Above the fences
And the grating of the parks
Swaying like a flamme
She soars at the arm of a conquistador
On the mobile chair
Where heavily, lies her body
She sleeps
It is only a matter of seconds
At last
She can do like everybody
Pursue a bird, a ball, a treasure
But she sleeps
Attached to a seat
Like on water
The cork float
And always that movie
Bringing her back on the edge
She goes out
Neither hurt nor frail nor a crystal doll
Outside
Where the world goes
At a normal speed
Elsewhere
In other costumes
And standing
Mostly in other settings
On the mobile crate
Where heavily, lies her body
She sleeps
She sleeps
Like you give in a book
She sleeps
Like you begin to live
Even more when the world accelerates
Outside
But she sleeps
Attached to a seat
The child that never came down the carousel
She loves those burning hours
Where she thinks
She dances
She dances
She dances on immense wood floors
Glistening like a lake
Confused in the winds amused
By her flapping dress
- Artist:Francis Cabrel