L'inconnue de Londres

There were piercing screams everywhere
There were guilty hands everywhere
And considerable bandits
Who made me grind my teeth

And in the street with a thousand throats
With its sky that we no longer see
Magnifying my only
I was able to win the cut-throat

Tell me, girl from the North,
With your calm demeanor
You rule the city
And must earn gold
No, she replied,
I am still a virgin
And I am not really
Only by enchantment

And the unknown woman spoke
As one speaks to ships
In proud ports
That the deserts desire

I remained there like a dolt
She was as beautiful as a swan
And me, I had one of those strokes of bad luck
It wasn't what I thought

She told me strange facts
That she lived in a perverse sky
From where everything was seen upside down
Meanwhile, I was playing the angel

Tell me, girl from the North,
With your strange air
And your barbaric ways
You would be better off outside
I know, she replied,
I am wrong to be a virgin
Believe me, in truth, it's my choice
And the unknown woman sang
As one sings in church
On Sunday mornings
At the masses of the marquises

The room was like paradise
Of an old luminary
Where chemistry is cultivated
By putting a little price on it

It's a terrible thing
It was almost dawn
I tried to explain it to her
She didn't want to listen

Tell me, girl from the North,
With your basic airs
You're giving me a hard time
I don't agree anymore
Too bad, she replied,
If I remain a virgin
The end will tell you
Then, you will understand

And the unknown woman cried
As one cries in the theater
Seeing puppets
Making fun of the employees

You think you find a
And you get a vestal virgin
Who comes to preach to you
In a building without an elevator

I was lost in my thoughts
I felt her hand on my eyes
Like a miraculous thing
And the lady left

Tell me, girl from the North,
Well, goodbye romance
It barely began
We change direction

I thought these young ladies
Were never virgins
And then, you never know
There's always an exception

And the tired virgin
Left without having me...
It was just a soldier
From the Salvation Army