Sarah [English translation]

The woman who is in my bed

Has not been twenty (years old) for a long time

Eyes encircled

By the years

By the loves

From day to day

The mouth worn

By kisses

Too often but

Too badly given

Her face sallow

Despite the make-up

Paler than a

Shadow on the moon

The woman who is in my bed

Has not been twenty for a long time

Her breasts too heavy

From too many loves

Do not carry

The name of lures.

The wearied body

Too much caressed

Too often but

Too badly loved

The bent back

Seem to carry

Memories

She had to flee

The woman who is in my bed

Has not been twenty for a long time

Do not laugh

Do not touch

Keep your tears

And your sarcastic remarks

When the night

Reunites us

Her body, her hands

Are offered to mine

And it is her heart

Covered in tears

and scars

that reassures me

• Artist:Georges Moustaki
• Album:Ballades En Ballade (1989)