Lyrics and translation Jean-Jacques Goldman - Nuit

Nuit

La nuit t'habille dans mes bras
Pâles rumeurs et bruits de soie
Conquérante immobile
Reine du sang des villes
Je la supposais, la voilà

Tout n'est plus qu'ombre, rien ne ment
Le temps demeure et meurt pourtant
Tombent les apparences
Nos longs, si longs silences
Les amants se perdent en s'aimant

Solitaire à un souffle de toi
Si près tu m'échappes déjà
Mon intime étrangère
Se trouver c'est se défaire
A qui dit-on ces choses-là?
Dors!

As down lights up another day
Visions I once had fade away
All of those words unspoken
My wildest dreams off broken
It wasn't supposed to be that way

Should I leave why should I stay
Solitaire à un souffle de toi
Leavin behind me yesterday
Si près tu m'échappes déjà
Am I free or forsaken
Mon intime étrangère
Cheated or awakened
Se trouver, c'est se défaire
Does it matter anyway?

Night

The night dresses you in my arms
Pale rumors and noises of silk
Motionless conqueror
Queen of the cities' blood
I suspected her, now here she is

All is now shadow, nothing lies
Time remains and still dies
The appearances fall
Our long, so long silences
Lovers are lost in loving each other

Lonely within a breath of you
So near you already escape me
My intimate stranger
To find oneself is to become undone
To whom does one say these things?
Sleep!

As down lights up another day
Visions I once had fade away
All of those words unspoken
My wildest dreams off broken
It wasn't supposed to be that way

Should I leave why should I stay
Lonely within a breath of you
Leavin behind me yesterday
So near you already escape me
Am I free or forsaken
My intimate stranger
Cheated or awakened
To find oneself, is to become undone
Does it matter anyway?