Eden blues [English translation]

Going down the silver river

That rolls as far as Nevada

You see the plain that spreads out

To the East of Santa Lucia.

The towns are called Natividad

San Miguel or San Lorenzo

The girls are called Soledad

The boys watch the flocks.

It's there that Jim met

On a road one rainy evening

Catherine, the farmer's daughter

And that they loved each other all night long

The sun makes its gold shine

In a few puddles of water

Cactuses make the setting

The hillside is covered by thistles

It's there that Adam the senator

Came when old to end his days

Then he died suddenly of heart failure

People claim that it was a broken heart

And the flowers bent down by the wind

Seem to pray for his rest

The moon sheds a sliver tear

On the white cross above his grave

Going down the silver river

That rolls as far as Nevada

You see the plain that spreads out

To the East of Santa Lucia.

The towns are called Natividad

San Miguel or San Lorenzo

The girls are called Soledad

The boys watch the flocks.

• Artist:Édith Piaf