La Marie Joconde [English translation]
La Marie Joconde [English translation]
You sure saw and knew1
quite a few crews,
from all shores,
from all lands.
Yep, you sure saw and knew
lots of guys from the open sea,
without tatoos
or covered with them.
They came there,
in this Havre2 street bistro
for a trip
into infinity.
They looked at you with
quite eloquent eyes.
Too well-behaved Mary,
pretty Mary
Come back to us,
pretty Mary,
the blond Mary,
from the end of the world.
Come back to us.
Come back to us,
pretty Mary,
'Mona Lisa' Mary,
from the heart of the world.
Come back to us.
But sometimes, yeah, sometimes
your heart gets tired
of salvaging bashful hearts.
And so, for a handsome guy
who offered you a palace
on a stormy night,
you left.
And since then,
Mary the mermaid,
pretty Mary,
in the Havre street bistro,
they all gather
on stormy nights
and sing together
to make you come back,
Mary darling.
Come back to us,
pretty Mary,
the blond Mary,
from the end of the world.
Come back to us.
Come back to us,
pretty Mary,
'Mona Lisa" Mary,
from the heart of the world.
Come back to us.
...
...
From the heart of the world,
come back to us.
1. might be in the biblical sense too2. a French port city. The name actually means "haven"
- Artist:Alain Barrière