Sheltered from the night

Sheltered from the night

Jacky Lakrichi

Hum, hum, hum, hum... (Or Intro Cello)

Hum, hum, hum, hum...

Hum, hum, hum...

Hum, hum... Hum...

Sheltered from the night Silence and its torpor,

the blue or green azure August in its heat 

then the sky opened 

The absence imposed itself leaving me staggering 

A helpless shadow, a hesitant child 

Your voiceless silences 

Your absences without me 

Our games and our laughter 

Our joys and our tears 

Your fatherly gaze 

These demons who haunted your life endlessly 

Were right, I believe, of your reason, friend 

What haunting secrets have overcome oblivion 

What dark thoughts have tortured your mind 

Your fatherly look 

Your eternal presence 

This day in front of the altar 

Your immortal smile

Your smile...

Your smile...

This insolent emptiness, this hasty departure 

This penetrating lack you had prepared 

And on this summer day sheltered from the night 

My rebellious hero slipped away without noise

Hum, hum, hum, hum... (Or cello)

Hum, hum, hum, hum...

Hum, hum, hum...

Hum, hum... Hum...

...

These demons who haunted your life endlessly 

Were right, I believe, of your reason, friend 

What haunting secrets have overcome oblivion 

What dark thoughts have tortured your mind 

This insolent emptiness, this hasty departure 

This penetrating lack you had prepared 

And on this summer day sheltered from the night 

My rebellious hero slipped away without noise

Your immortal smile

Your smile...

Hum, hum, hum... (Or cello)