Un dernier blues [English translation]

One last blues song before tomorrow,

Before death offers me its hand,

Before autumn gave the trees

Red hair.

One last blues song before midnight,

Before love put me in costume,

Before men treated my heart

Like an igloo.

One last catastrophic blues song,

Before a star scolds me,

Before I wrote my name

In the neon lights of infinity.

One last blues song in capital letters,

Ellipses, and commas.

One last blues song on a rainy day,

In E minor, for a friend.

[Repeat first 2 verses]

• Artist:Patricia Kaas
• Album:Mademoiselle chante (1988)