Tant de temps [English translation]

So long a time

In the absence of the clock

So long a time

Flood of silence

Suddenly

Night falls on us

So long a time

Like a black tide

Which extends

Over the water of my memory

Under the prow

Of a love that is failing

Oh my life,

Why have I fallen from so high

Onto the bench of normal people

In my hands

There is nothing

Except some bread for the birds

So long a time

Breathing your letters

These moments

That cannot be reborn

In our eyes

That no longer believe in the two of us.

So long a time

That bites my nails

Until they bleed

Whitening your shadow

I'm so scared

Of the ghosts of happiness

All those nights

Surviving far away from you

In the void of your arms

Clinging to love

Under the avalanche of days

So long a time

In the absence of the clock

The insistent

Beat of silence

Suddenly

Forgetting* falls on us

Forgetting falls on us