Lo straniero [English translation]

With this face of a stranger

I'm just a simple (real) man

even if it won't seem like it to you all.

(I have) My eyes are as clear as the sea

capable only of dreaming

but now, I don't dream anymore.

Half pirate, half artist

a vagabond, a musician

stealing whatever he can get his hands on.

With this mouth that will drink

from every fountain it'll see

and perhaps will never stop.

With this face of a stranger

I passed through my life

without knowing where to go

it was the summer's sun

and a thousand women in love

to ripen my age.

I was wrong being honest (open)

and in times, I also suffered

but without ever crying

And my soul knows

in purgatory, it'll end

only a miracle will save me now.

With this face of a stranger

upon an abandoned ship

I came up to you (and said) :

"now you are a prisoner

of this beautiful fantasy,

of this ageless love".

You shall be queen, and reign.

The things that you will dream

will become reality.

Our love will last

for a short eternity

until death comes.

Our love will last

for a short eternity

until death comes.

• Artist:Georges Moustaki