Rat a tap tap;
Oh don’t you come and ask;
Am I a coming back?
The sky has gone black on us.

Don’t you weep –
Blame myself for these things
Known I was stronger than he –
And all you weaklings knew it.

Toodle loo;
They all abandoned you
One bruised and another screwed,
But I was the only loved.

Oh, Hannah Leah …
I was the only love.

Keep that bed.
Now brother, keep that rug.
Lord knows I was given so much –
And the devil keeps me fed.

On the wall. On the stove –
And in the blank book you draw –
There are signs of Hannah Leah
There are signs of our love.

Oh, Hannah Leah …
There are signs of love.

On a black, blue night
I go a wandering:
Out over Houston –
Along Avenue A.
Hannah Leah
On Avenue A.

Ku Klux Klan;
There’s evil in every man.
Come love her when you can –
And see about Hannah Leah.

Je mourrai sans un bruit
Dans tes bras la camarde,

Tu cueilleras mon fruit

De ta main blafarde

Généreuse, tu donnes

l'infini du néant,

Cet air que tu fredonnes

Me prendra dans l'instant.

Tu me berceras mère,

Cajoleras, griseras

Souffleras la chimère

Que mon cœur baisera.

Le secret de ma vie

S'éteindra avec moi,

Dans tes bras alanguis

Je ne serai plus moi

I will die without a sound

In your arms grim reaper

You will pick my fruit

With your alabaster hand

Generous, you give

The infinity of the void

This air that you are humming

Will take me in a moment

You will rock me mother

Cuddle me, make me swoon

Blow the chimera towards me

That my heart will embrace.

The secret of my life

Will die with me

In your languid arms

I will no longer be me.