De toi à moi [English translation]

Between your modesty and me

stand four wooden buttons

concealing your body.

As your silken shirt

slides down to your heels

Two very straight tiny circles

wonder why they are so cold now

You stand naked before me

like a girl would be

and modesty suits you

when I undress you.

You're beautiful, standing before me

as your lips glisten with

a bit of your emotion

that your tongue scatters.

Curled up, stroking

the outline of your body

my fingers busy themselves

retracing its circumference

brushing the limits

of a shell roused by a soul

Your lovely heart gets restless

inside this panting body.

You are this beautiful picture

I'm drawing endlessly,

following carefully the grain,

the bumps and the hollows.

At last I put my mouth

to the small bowl.

My nostrils flatten themselves

against the shapes under your arm

Between your modesty and me

stand four wooden buttons

concealing your body.

As your silken shirt

slides down to your heels

Two very straight tiny circles

wonder why they are so cold

I give my thanks to those people

who brought you to this world

and offered me this moment

when I see you naked there

when I own you naked there

right against me, right now,

for my most beautiful desire,

this body that is burning now,

and you stop,

and I stop moving too.

Your face in profile

and the taut long neck.

My lips on your lashes

and yours, gaping,

and I stand still

and you stand still

If your modesty gets cold,

four little buttons,

four wooden buttons

will close it all up.

A silken shirt

covering your body.

Two tiny straignt buttons

will hush your secret games.

• Artist:Olivia Ruiz
• Album:J'aime pas l'amour (2003)