L'abeille [English translation]

The sun

Killed

A bee

In the attic

In the port

A sailor

Died

Of grief

And the wind

Bit

A child

Who was naked

My neighbor

Has sorrows

And plenty of chains

In his hands

The boat

Of lovers

So beautiful

Is broken in two

I sang

Again and again

But never

As happily

Is is the girl

At the gate

Or the tears

On the flowers

Is it the friend

Who told me

The problem

Of his fortune

To play

I ate

Half

The moon

Last night

I traveled

To Asia

In my thoughts

On the edge

Of a pound

Outside

Near the wind

I ran

Like a peacock

I lived again

My twenty years!

• Artist:Félix Leclerc