Emmenez-Moi

Towards the docks, where the weight and boredom
Bend my back
They arrive, their bellies heavy with fruits
The boats

They come from the end of the world
Bringing with them wandering ideas
With reflections of blue sky, mirages
Dragging a peppery scent
Of unknown lands
And eternal summers
Where one lives almost naked
On the beaches

Me, who have known, all my life
Only the northern sky
I would like to wash away this gray
By changing course

Take me to the end of the earth
Take me to the land of wonders
It seems to me that misery
Would be less painful in the sun

In the bars, at dusk
With the sailors
When we talk about girls and love
A glass in hand

I lose the sense of things
And suddenly my thoughts take me away and drop me
A marvelous summer, on the shore
Where I see, reaching out my arms
Love that, like a madman, runs towards me
And I hang on to my dream

When the bars close, and the sailors
Return to their shores
I still dream until morning
Standing on the dock

Take me to the end of the earth
Take me to the land of wonders
It seems to me that misery
Would be less painful in the sun

One fine day, on a creaking raft
From the hull to the deck
To leave, I will work in
The coal hold

Taking the road that leads
To my childhood dreams, on distant islands
Where nothing is important but to live
Where languid girls
Delight your heart by weaving, I've been told
Those intoxicating flower necklaces

I will flee, leaving my past behind
Without any regrets
Without baggage and a liberated heart
Singing very loudly

Take me to the end of the earth
Take me to the land of wonders
It seems to me that misery
Would be less painful in the sun

Take me to the end of the earth
Take me to the land of wonders
It seems to me that misery
Would be less painful in the sun