Zelda [English translation]

You were dreaming of Chopin or Frantz Liszt

in a big private room of the Ritz,

intent on a few words that you might jot.

You looked like the Zelda told by Scott

You were wearing a cape of sable-skin

you listened to Kashmere by Led Zeppelin.

You were wearing a cape of sable-skin

You listened to Kashmere by Led Zeppelin.

All the women of the world were present

In a corner of your mind, Zelda.

Angela, Rosa ,Virginia or

so many others that I'll never know.

You were wearing a cape of sable-skin

you listened to Kashmere by Led Zeppelin.

You were wearing a cape of sable-skin

You listened to Kashmere by Led Zeppelin.

All the words that get smothered and stifled

survive in women's dreams or in prisons.

Never more will they escape from cities

Like Zelda, taken to an asylum.

You were wearing a cape of sable-skin

you listened to Kashmere by Led Zeppelin.

You were wearing a cape of sable-skin

You listened to Kashmere by Led Zeppelin.

• Artist:Yves Simon
• Album:Un autre désir (1977)