Coutances [English translation]

One Sunday afternoon in Coutances1

in a room of a common, unrated hotel,

sunlight was going through the veiled curtains,

a fresh sunlight.

I got up quite late, this morning.

Too late for breakfast.

I went out, on an empty stomach.

I joined the queue at the bakery.

The town was all dressed up in Sunday and sunlight,

a fresh sunlight.

On a bench in a square, I communed with myself,

with just a shortbread biscuit and a raisin bread for company.

Now why the hell did I end up here,

between two vacations

on a Sunday afternoon in Coutances?

1. a small town in Normandy

• Artist:Dick Annegarn
• Album:Mireille (1975)