Ton Nom

Your name
It's a wonderful word, a call that springs
And from breath to whisper leads to this cry
Tearing at times
The distressing silence
Of the night

Your name
Repeated by my voice and echoed back
Disturbs my soul
And sets fire to my skin
And as long as it vibrates within me
My heart knows no
Rest

Your name
That brings joy where fear once lingered
It's the shining star in the sky of my heart
And guides me through
The steep paths
Of happiness

Your name
At the hour when shadows come to strip the day
Becomes for me a simple word of love
And makes me a prisoner
Of the night, of you, and
Of your name

Your name
Flies like a flag planted like a challenge
On the promised land for the dreamer I am
For it now floats
In the azure, for the time
Of my life

Your name
That I write on walls, on trees, everywhere
And shout from rooftops, in the wind like a madman
Whether you're in my arms
Or lost far from me
Far from everything

Your name
Is an obsessive sound that flutters in the air
It hovers around me, brushes against me, and tightens
And plays at turning
My blood and my thoughts
Upside down

Your name
On my lips and my body rhymes with my desires
It's tender, it's warm, it's said with pleasure
And I cannot without faltering
Live or die tomorrow
In your name