La Foule

I see the city again in celebration and frenzy
Suffocating under the sun and under joy
And I hear in the music the shouts, the laughter
That burst and bounce around me

And lost among these people who jostle me
Dizzy, bewildered, I stay there
When suddenly, I turn around, he steps back
And the crowd comes to throw me into its arms

Carried away by the crowd that drags us
Drags us
Crushed against each other
We form only one body
And the flow effortlessly
Pushes us, linked to each other
And leaves us both
Blossoming, intoxicated, and happy

Swept away by the crowd that rushes
And dances
A crazy round dance
Our two hands remain clasped
And sometimes lifted
Our two bodies entwined soar
And both fall back
Blossoming, intoxicated, and happy

And the joy splashed by his smile
Pierces me and springs back deep within me
But suddenly I let out a cry among the laughter
When the crowd comes to tear him away from my arms

Carried away by the crowd that drags us
Drags us
Takes us away from each other
I struggle and fight
But the sound of my voice
Is drowned out by the laughter of others
And I cry out in pain, fury, and rage
And I cry

Swept away by the crowd that rushes
And dances
A crazy round dance
I am carried away far
And I clench my fists, cursing the crowd that steals from me
The man it had given me
And whom I never found again