Traces de toi [English translation]

You surrender to me without a confession

when I want to love you.

You let fall a tear of emotion

in your cleavage

and I'd like to find the right words

but I no longer really know

whether I should trust your God or your breasts1,

and then on my skin you leave

smudges of you2

All that I see there in your eyes

is my private business.

And love is the only kind of conversation

I want to have3

And even if I often

envy your youth

and stick to it like a slave

would to his mistress,

it's on my skin I want to keep

smudges of you.

All the tears of heaven can wash me away for all I care

when your heart goes

bang bang bang

All the African tom-toms, me, I make them dance

when your heart goes

bang bang bang

Love is not rocket science, you know,

but still you sent me into orbit4

Tonight I want us to dance

the apocalypso5

as if it was the end of the world

(the apocalypso)

and even if life eventually drives all lovers apart6,

efen if the guardians of Eden are causing us trouble,

in my soul I want to keep

smudges of you

All the tears of heaven can wash me away for all I care

when your heart goes

bang bang bang

All the African tom-toms, me, I make them dance

when your heart goes

bang bang bang

love is not rocket science, you know,

but still you sent me into orbit

1. "saint"(saint) and "sein"(breast) sound exactly the same2. pun on "traces de doigt" (smudges of finger marks)3. "faire" is used in "faire l'amour"(make love) but "refaire" alludes to "refaire le monde"(set the world to rights)4. the original idiomatic pun says "love is not wizardry but you bewitched me alright"5. A calypso with an apocalyptic twist, why not? :)6. a wink to this timeless classic

• Artist:Alain Chamfort
• Album:Tendres fièvres (1986)