ma solitude [English translation]

For having slept so often

With my loneliness,

I have made it almost a friend

A sweet habit.

She never leaves my side

Faithful as a shadow,

She followed me here and there

To the four corners of the world.

No, I'm never alone

With my loneliness.

When she's in my bed

She takes up all the space

And we spend long nights

Both of us face to face

No, I'm never alone

With my loneliness.

I really don't know how far

This accomplice will go.

Will I have to take a liking to it

Or react?

I have learned as much from her

As I have shed tears.

If sometimes I repudiate her

She never disarms.

And if I prefer the love

Of another courtesan,

She'll be on my last day

My last companion.

No, I am never alone

With my loneliness.

• Artist:Serge Reggiani