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    Chère inconnue → English translation

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Dear Stranger

Dear Stranger,
Would you happen to have taken possession
Of my life, of my sight,
In some unknown land?
 
No?
 
Dear Stranger,
If only you knew that a
Numb and disappointed
Love quivered,
Unbeknownst to you
 
No?
 
Dear Stranger,
You who never goes out
Without your dear overcoat,
Would you happen to have chosen it?
 
No?
 
This avenue,
This two-piece town apartment facing mine
Which turns you into my target, ma beautiful ingenue,
Undressed all in black
 
Disappointed
 
Dear Stranger,
I know nothing of your marital status
Born of an unknown father,
At the end of some street
 
No?
 
Dear Stranger,
I chain to the strong pencils
The besotted views
Of your anatomy
 
Had I known
That you were easy, I would have come
Instead of that imbecile living on the story above yours,
Undressed all in black
 
Do you know it?
 
Dear Stranger,
I want your flesh-colored stockings
I want your off-white skin,
For the rest of my life
 
No
 
Dear Stranger,
I didn't know it, but life
Is the sum of many blunders
And a single point of view
 
And this avenue
Had some quiet days
Before your arrival, which makes me irascible
My dear Stranger
 
Undressed all in black
 
Dear Stranger,
Would you happen to have taken possession
Of my life, of my sight,
In some unknown land?
 
No?
 
Original lyrics

Chère inconnue

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