Voici La Ville

Here is the city
Here is the city
That I told you about
There, still, just like it was
From here you can see,
From the hill,
the view,
in the night, the factories.
Here is the city,
antique shops and the mayor,
the docile bourgeoisie,
the pharmacists of Rouen.
From here you can see
The signs, the storefronts,
the Seine down below,
in the night, the factories.
Here is the city,
Where I looked for
The eyes of girls,
a messed-up shirt.
From here you can see
A party that’s ending,
the antennas on the rooftops,
in the night, the factories.
From here I see
The loves, the peninsula
And my life before you.
Here is my city.