Le temps s'en allait

This morning I played marbles
I chased the girls
And I took my time
I hung my heart
On the thorns of flowers
And I often won
Tonight, I push with my cane
The leaves of the plane trees
Under the cement benches
In the smell of cigars
And the sound of guitars
From my grandchildren
I was running, I was running, I was running, I was running
And time was passing by
I was running, I was running, I was running...
And all the time that I spend
Sitting in the same place
Just moving my eyes
With my old tunes
And my wool scarf
Even when the sky is all blue
Always the voice that gets hoarse
The fear of a cold
Or the noise of airplanes
And in the approaching cold
I'm afraid that the bells
Will soon sing my name
I was running, I was running, I was running, I was running
And time was passing by
I was running, I was running, I was running...
You, my child that I love,
You who have so much pain
Sit down for a moment
No matter who leaves you
Tell yourself that time passes quickly
And that dust awaits you
You see these arms of misery
Have traveled around the world
For a girl from our place
They blew up tables
And beaches of sand
And hordes of wolves
We were so good
We were so far
That we were almost lost
We were so high
And so beautiful
That we didn't recognize each other
We were running, we were running, we were running, we were running
And time was passing by...
We were running, we were running, we were running...
This morning I played marbles,
I chased the girls
And I took my time
I hung my heart
On the thorns of flowers
And I often won
Tonight, I have more problems
Everyone loves me
But it's not the same as before...
Because there is the end of my cane
The leaves of the plane trees
And it's autumn all the time
Because there is the end of my cane
The leaves of the plane trees
And it's autumn all the time
You, my child that I love...