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Travellers without answers
WhyWhy
Why make us comeWhy make us come
makeus
comeWithout saying to usWithout saying to us
Without saying to us where we come fromwhere we come from
withoutsayingto uswhere
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wecome from
WhyWhy
Why make us leaveWhy make us leave
make us leavemake
usleave
Without saying to usWithout saying to us
Without saying to us where we gowhere we go
wherewego
Why this journey so short
Why this journey so shortthis journeyso short
Too shortWhy this journey
This too short journeyWhich does not leave us the time to livewhich does not leave us the time to live
the timeto liveWhy
Which does not leave us the time to look at the clouds which slide in the sky
In this sky as wide as the sea on the horizonWhich does not leave us the time to smell the perfume of this flower which pounds in
the breezeIn this breeze so light as a fainted dream
Which does not leave us the time to hear the movement of sobs which resounds in thethroat of this dove
in the throat of this doveWhy
This journeyThis too short journey
so shortWhich does not leave us the time to lengthen us in this clearing
In this clearing as cool as a sorbetTo hear our heart beat
our heart beatWhy a too short journey
so shortWhich blows out candle at the end of its wax
candle at the end of its waxWhy
Yes whyMake us come here without saying to us where we come from
where from we come
WhyWhy make us leave
make us leave without saying to us where we go
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where we goMake us leave alone
aloneTowards that Unknow
that Unknowthat infinite Unknow
infinitealone leave
Would not it have been better not to comenot come
Than to come on a journey so shorttoo short
To give us time to drink this wine so sweetthis wine so sweet
Under this arbor any rustling of its leaves so sensitive to the caress of the eveningbreeze
Which does not leave us the time to caress the mysterious skin of the body of thiswoman
Of this woman who sleeps so abandoned so confident in our presence by her sideWho sleeps who dreams that we love her that we shall not abandon herWhich does not leave us the time to say to say
to sayThat we love her
That we lie to her when we say that we shall never abandonThat we shall never abandon her
That we lie to herThat we lie to her because our journey is so short
too shortThat our minutes are numberedThat our seconds are numbered
are numberedAnd that we were not taken enough care
That they were numberedThat they were numbered because
We thought thatthat
If we made us comeIt were not to set off again
not to set off againto set off again towards where
towards whereWhy to have made us comeTo make us set off again
so fasttoo fast
Would not it have been better not to comeNot to undertake this journey too short
Which does not leave us the timeNot the time
In this glass and iron stationNot the time
In this glass and iron stationNot the time to guide us
Find ourselvesFind our destination
In this iron and glass station with its huge hall as a forge which scolds
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And forges our lives without answersWould not it have been better not to come
HereIn this huge hall of this forge
Which forges our lives without answersWould not it have been
betternot
to comeHere