Mon légionnaire

He had big, bright eyes
Where sometimes flashes would pass
Like storms rolling through the sky.
He was covered in tattoos
That I never really understood.
His neck said: "What you don't see, won't hurt."
On his heart it read: "No one"
On his right arm a word: "Think."

I don’t know his name, I don’t know a thing about him
He loved me all night long,
My legionnaire!
And leaving me to my fate
He left in the morning
Full of light!
He was lean, he was handsome
He smelled like warm sand
My legionnaire!
There was sunshine on his forehead
That lit up his blonde hair
With light!

Lost happiness, happiness gone
I always think of that night
And the craving for his skin eats at me
Sometimes I cry and then I ponder
That when he was on my heart
I should have shouted my joy
But I didn’t dare say a thing to him
I was scared to see him smile!

They found him in the desert.
He had his beautiful eyes open.
In the sky, clouds were passing.
He showed off his tattoos
With a smile and he said,
Pointing to his neck: "What you don't see, won't hurt"
Pointing to his heart: "Here, no one."
He didn’t know, I forgive him.

I dreamed that fate
Would bring me back one beautiful morning
My legionnaire
That we would leave just the two of us
To some wonderful country
Full of light!
He was lean, he was handsome
They buried him in the warm sand
My legionnaire!
There was sunshine on his forehead
That lit up his blonde hair
With light!