Mon legionnaire [English translation]

He had big and very bright eyes

Where sometimes lightning would pass

As in the sky storms pass

He was full of tattoos

That I never really understood

His neck wrote :"Not seen, not taken"

"On his heart we'd read: "no one"

On his right arm one word : "reason"

[Chorus]

I don't know his name, I don't know anything about him.

He loved me all night

My legionnaire!

And leaving me to my destiny,

He left in the morning

Full of light!

He was thin, he was handsome

He smelled good like warm sand

My legionnaire!

He had sun on his forehead

That put in his blond hair

Light!

Lost happiness, fleeing happiness,

Always I think about that night

And the lust for his skin eats me up.

Sometimes I cry and I think

That when he was on my heart,

I should have yelled my happiness...

But I didn't dare telling him anything.

I was afraid to see him smile!

[Chorus]

He was found in the desert

He had his beautiful eyes opened.

In the sky, the clouds were passing by.

He showed his tattoos

Smiling and he said

Showing his neck: "not seen, not taken"

Showing his heart: "Here, nobody"

He didn't know... I forgive him.

I dreamt though that destiny

Would give me back one bright morning

My legionnaire,

That we'd leave only the two of us

In some wonderful country

Full of light!

He was thin, he was handsome

We put him in the warm sand

My legionnaire!

There was sun on his forehead

That put in his blond hair

Light!

• Artist:Serge Gainsbourg