Je veux quitter ce monde heureux [English translation]

From smile to tears,

To see the charm

In the miserable end leading to our death.

Come, my sleeping one,

In the lullaby

That I will sing to you, and that I still seek.

I want to leave this world and regret a little.

I want to leave this world, happy.

No suicide,

No macabre,

Not a trace of any regret or despair,

Not a trace of

Any stain on the Moon,

Of any bad memory or any dark pleasure.

I want to leave this world and regret a little.

I want to leave this world, happy.

When the painting,

Becomes nature,

When you will see blooming on sun-heated walls,

All the frenzy

Of the "unwriting",

The soul-cravers, mad about colors.

I want to leave this world and regret a little.

I want to leave this world, happy.

When, deep inside,

A poor guy

Finally finds, carved in wood

The beautiful song,

Universal

That will make him happy, and written by me.

I want to leave this world and regret a little.

I want to leave this world, happy.

When no-one trumpets

Any more,

In the name of the good, the evil, the king or God,

When we will be able to do

A round-the-Earth trip

Without crying, vomiting, or closing our eyes.

I want to leave this world and regret a little.

I want to leave this world, happy.

That I touch you,

That I lay you

And find back the love we make when we are fifteen,

Then, my dear,

You will hear

For the first time, we can have a child.

And then leave this world and regret a little.

And then leave this world, happy.

• Artist:Maxime Le Forestier