Je ne suis pas mort, je dors !

Don't bury me just yet.
I'm not dead:
I'm sleeping.
And don't clutter my mind
With your regrets, your stories:
I'm sleeping.
Put me in your memories
But I’m not done yet:
I'm sleeping, I'm sleeping.
Save your tears and your screams,
Whether I was loved or hated:
I'm sleeping.
If by chance, who knows,
I had a friend who loved me,
Too bad.
Let him forget me:
I'm sleeping.
Master of shadows and lights,
How long does eternity last?
How many times do we have to take
The same road to get there?
How many moons to disappear?
How many men still to be reborn?
In the meantime, I'm sleeping.
I don't want to be buried.
I don't want to be trampled.
I'm sleeping.
I wish an ocean would roar
All its horses on the rocks.
I'm sleeping, I'm sleeping.
And don’t cover my memory
With chrysanthemums, with women in black:
I'm sleeping.
If somewhere, who knows,
I had a friend who loved me,
Too bad.
Let him forget me.
I'm sleeping, I'm sleeping, I'm sleeping.