Les mannequins d'osier [English translation]

We should be able to throw

All the wicker mannequins

From atop a great, big bridge.

Those forgotten phantoms,

Those shadows from the past

That keep spying on us.

We should be able to burn

The adored faces

From our childhood.

To walk with light steps

Into the coming sun,

Carefreely,

And watch them all go

Over the frozen river!

We should be able to throw

All the wicker mannequins

From atop a great, big bridge.

Like broken marionettes,

Like cracked figurines

From our memory...

We should be able to erase

Those whispered names

From our youth,

And know how to forget

The eyes and kisses

Of tenderness,

And watch them all go

Over the frozen river!

And watch them all go

Over the frozen river!

And watch them all go...

And watch them all go

Over the frozen river!

• Artist:Patricia Kaas
• Album:Scène de vie (1990)