Lyrics and translation Bernard Lavilliers - Salomé

Salomé

Quand Salomé dort
Elle est protégée par la lemanja
Quand Salomé rêve
On dirait qu′elle entend des bossas-novas
Ses yeux noyés de terre de sienne
Et de berceuses vénitiennes
Ses yeux de sable volcanique
Ses yeux de fado nostalgique
Quand Salomé chante
Elle a l'aisance d′une Habanera
Quand Salomé pense
On dirait bien qu'elle ne reviendra pas
Du pays où courent des gazelles
Les animaux de l'autre bord
Ses yeux de nuit, mais que voit-elle?
Ses yeux de nuit, mais d′où vient-elle?
D′où vient-elle?
D'où vient-elle?
D′où vient-elle?, d'où vient-elle?, d′où vient-elle?, d'où vient-elle?, d′où vient-elle?
D'où vient-elle?
D'où vient-elle?
D′où vient-elle?, d′où vient-elle?, d'où vient-elle?, d′où vient-elle?, d'où vient-elle?
Quand Salomé sort
Je ne demande jamais où elle va
Quand Salomé rentre
Elle dit ce que je cherche n′existe pas
Des guerriers la suivent en silence
Des hommes venus de l'autre bord
Grands, immobiles et à distance
Grands et debouts jusqu′à la mort
D'où vient-elle?
D'où vient-elle?
D′où vient-elle?, d′où vient-elle?, d'où vient-elle?, d′où vient-elle?, d'où vient-elle?
D′où vient-elle?
D'où vient-elle?
D′où vient-elle?, d'où vient-elle?, d'où vient-elle?, d′où vient-elle?, d′où vient-elle?
(Salomé danse)
(Salomé danse)
(Salomé, Salomé, Salomé, Salomé)
(Salomé danse)
(Salomé danse)
(Salomé danse)
(Salomé, Salomé, Salomé, Salomé, Salomé)
(Salomé danse)
D'où vient-elle? (d′où vient-elle?)
Mais d'où vient-elle?
D′où vient-elle?, d'où vient-elle?, d′où vient-elle?, d'où vient-elle?, d'où vient-elle?
D′où vient-elle? (d′où vient-elle?)
Mais d'où vient-elle?
D′où vient-elle?, d'où vient-elle?, d′où vient-elle?, d'où vient-elle?, d′où vient-elle?

Salome

When Salome sleeps
She is protected by the lemanja
When Salome dreams
It's as if she hears bossa-novas
Her eyes drowned in the earth of sienna
And Venetian lullabies
Her eyes of volcanic sand
Her eyes of nostalgic fado
When Salome sings
She has the poise of a Habanera
When Salome thinks
It seems as though she will not return
From the land where gazelles run
The animals of the other side
Her eyes of the night, but what does she see?
Her eyes of the night, but where does she come from?
Where does she come from?
Where does she come from?
Where does she come from?, where does she come from?, where does she come from?, where does she come from?, where does she come from?
Where does she come from?
Where does she come from?
Where does she come from?, where does she come from?, where does she come from?, where does she come from?, where does she come from?
When Salome goes out
I never ask where she is going
When Salome returns
She says what I search for does not exist
Warriors follow her in silence
Men who come from the other side
Tall, motionless, and at a distance
Tall and standing until death
Where does she come from?
Where does she come from?
Where does she come from?, where does she come from?, where does she come from?, where does she come from?, where does she come from?
Where does she come from?
Where does she come from?
Where does she come from?, where does she come from?, where does she come from?, where does she come from?, where does she come from?
(Salome dances)
(Salome dances)
(Salome, Salome, Salome, Salome)
(Salome dances)
(Salome dances)
(Salome dances)
(Salome, Salome, Salome, Salome, Salome)
(Salome dances)
Where does she come from? (where does she come from?)
But where does she come from?
Where does she come from?, where does she come from?, where does she come from?, where does she come from?, where does she come from?
Where does she come from? (where does she come from?)
But where does she come from?
Where does she come from?, where does she come from?, where does she come from?, where does she come from?, where does she come from?