Inconnu excepté de Dieu
Édith Piaf
Unknown Except by God
The inscription of an ancient cross
By a field of golden wheat
Stopped me... I read with great effort:
"Unknown except by God"
What a fate, truly immense
Lies beneath this blue granite
Among the swaying wheat
"Unknown except by God"
Is it a child, or is it a man
For whom death made, so much the better
A square of kingdom
"Unknown except by God"
Did he suffer, was he guilty
Did he make beautiful eyes cry
Was he a tragedy or a fable
"Unknown except by God"
Does he have rain as his village
And winter wind as his capital
The sun as his grand entourage
"Unknown except by God"
I took the cart path
A road for great lovers
I was flooded with light
"Unknown except by God..."
