La Mer Est Calme
Ben Mazué
The Sea Is Calm
Between the two of us lovers who will yawn first
Who will jump in last afloat
Who will sulk, who will know how to get drunk
Who will erase the chalk from the board
And who will still believe that all this is worth it
Who will look for invisible nits
Who of us lovers will take back their arrows
To launch them at another target
The sea is calm
I watch it
I wait for the swirls
The big waves
And the halberds
That carry everything away
That carry everything away
Between the two of us lovers
Which one will first experience the laziness of caresses
And then throw themselves into endless speeches
Drowning in a few excuses
Who will fall from a height
Twist their guts
Who will be the first victim
Which of us lovers secretly prepares
The great crime
The sea is calm
I watch it
And I wait for the swirls
The big waves
And the halberds
That carry everything away
That carry everything away
Who will crack first
Who will be the fool
And who on a summer evening will make everything explode
Who will crack last
Who will be the amnesiac
Who over the years will be able to forget everything
Who will be able to forgive
And then the slate wiped clean after a few years
And the hunched shoulders
Who will say enough
Who will have the courage to admit
That all this was
Just a big illusion
The sea is calm
I watch it
And I wait for the swirls
The big waves
And the halberds
That carry everything away
That carry everything away
That carry everything away
