Au Parc Monceau [English translation]

In Monceau Park

Between the railings and the hoops

The sweet children have hoolahoops

by the water

hidden in the bushes

we hear the birds squawk

The Monceau Park

Little part of my history

the old man of the swings

the black swans

The city was on the other side of the world

Between the lake and the Rotonde

In Monceau Park

Between the railings and the hoops

Les cours d'histoire avaient bon dos

close to the underground

She waited for me without saying a word

I took her hand like (it was) a present

The Monceau Park

First kiss of my history

on one of the benches of a black lane

A little hope

The fear, the mad desire of forgetting the hour ( = here : the time)

my hand laid on her heart

In Monceau Park

between the railings and the hoops

Happiness has made its cradle

For our 16th birthday ( here : when we were 16)

its pyramid and its thousand years

had hidden us from the passers-by

A park in France,

little part of my childhood

where I discovered adolescence

On a lucky day

A square, sheltered in my memories

when by chance , I go back

Au parc Monceau

Between the railings and the hoops

Between the guards and the buggy's

In Monceau Park

Between the flowers and the sparrows

The course of stories had broad shoulders

• Artist:Yves Duteil