Rebecca [English translation]

Good evening, Rebecca,

excuse me

for coming to your home

without warning you.

Tonight, Rebecca,

you will listen to me.

Do not interrupt me—

there is nothing for you to say.

You see, Rebecca,

through my hatred,

I understand that that you are loved,

that you are desired.

It's you, Rebecca—

you are the most beautiful

among all those

that everyone admires.

You fell onto my house

like a monsoon rain.

It took you just one day

to destroy my love.

I know, Rebecca,

that it's beyond the pale—

that you are in a hurry

to see me leave.

Wait, Rebecca,

yet one moment.

I do not have much longer

to make you suffer.

Farewell, Rebecca,

you are going to be leaving

at the height of your beauty

without ever growing old.

Farewell!

Rebecca.

• Artist:Petula Clark