L'étranger

He had a very gentle look
Dreamy eyes, a bit crazy
With strange glimmers
Like many guys from the North
A bit of gold in his hair
A smile like an angel
I was about to pass him by
But when he said goodnight to me
In a singing voice
I understood that on that night
Despite the rain and the cold
I would be happy
He had a very gentle gaze
He came from who knows where

Where are you from? What's your name?
The ship is my home
The sea is my village
No one will know my name
I'm just a guy
Eager to work
And if my heart is too heavy
Just give me a little love
Hope for caresses
And I, a girl with a jaded heart
Felt under his kisses
An intense intoxication
He had a very gentle gaze
He came from who knows where

Simply without any tricks
I loved my new lover
My husband for an hour
Like many unfortunate souls
He thought he could read in my eyes
The woman they mourn
And foolishly I hoped
That in the morning he would say to me
Come with me, I’ll take you
I would have said yes, I can feel it
But he ran away, leaving me
Chained to my fate
He had a very gentle gaze
He came from who knows where

I dreamed of the stranger
And my heart all messed up
By cigarettes
By alcohol and the blues
His memory every night
Turned my head
But they say that near the port
They fished out the body
Of a sailor
Who, abandoned by love
Found only the gentle sea
To cradle him
He had a very gentle gaze
He was going away, I don’t know where.