The North Star (L'Etoile Du Nord)

Now hope for nothing but hope
The winds are cruel where you are going
the light sends its dark arrows
"no more road, it is made in walking"

There, they speak unreal
what astronomy
hide your lakes, ignore the sky
the north star there took its life

goodbye friend
take this talisman
if my heart beats, it's because of it 
i promise you

your flanc and your throat uncovered
under the empire of a strange sentence
a strange thunder dreams already
to burn the forest of your innocence

Bitter Manitobas!
under the blizzard of intolerance
on your knees on a cold plain
trying to find some sense

so alone, so alone
if only I knew how to help you
a balm, a bandage at least
for this moon bleeding in your hands

the earth trembled, this was your wish
you open the skies and you breathe again 
this dust of light healing your wound
it is the north star, entered into your body

Alleluia!
You, brave man
you are always there, like love
life has taken you as its lover

Her lips open, O what noise
Get up, get up!
Go, go
to dance, to dance in her arms