Poème sur la 7ème [English translation]

Who has run on this beach?

It must have been very pretty

Was its sand white?

Were there yellow flowers

In the hole of every dune?

I would have liked to touch sand

Once between my fingers

Who has swum in this river?

You claim that it was fresh

And flowed down from the mountain

Were there pebbles

In the hole of every waterfall?

I would have liked to plunge my body

Once in a river

Come on, tell me no more lies

Show me pictures to see

If all of this really existed

You claim

That there was sand

And grass

And flowers

And water

And rocks

And trees

And birds

Come on, don't mock me

Who has walked in this trail?

You say that it lead to a house

And that there were children playing around?

Are you sure the photo wasn't faked?

You can ensure me that this really existed?

Do tell, come on, stop lying to me

I need to touch and see to believe

Really it's real?

The sand was white?

Really it's real?

There were children

Rivers

Trails

Rocks

Houses?

It's real?

It really existed?

It really existed?

Really?

• Artist:Johnny Hallyday