Sarbacane [English translation]

We thought we knew all about love

From time immemorial

Our bodies by heart and our hearts

Kept warm by velvet

And then there you are, sweet little woman

As though blown out of a blowpipe

The sky has grown even brighter

Since I met you

Men are wont to chase time

As has forever slipped away

And then there you are

And everything in my life becomes clearer

Clinging to my neck like a vine

Like the reed of a blowpipe

The sky has opened up in places

Since I met you

No need for flowery words or lengthy speeches

Everything’s changed within and all around

Gone are the mornings of jammed eyelids

As heavy as Calor gas cylinders

I hardly have my wits about any longer

Since I met you

No need to make long-winded speeches

Everything’s changed both within and without

May you never move away

Any farther than a blowpipe-throw

I hardly have my wits about any longer

Since I met you

So there you are, sweet little woman

As if blown out of a blowpipe

The sky has opened up in places

Since I met you

Oh since I met you

• Artist:Francis Cabrel
• Album:Sarbacane (1989)