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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