Flame Tip

Tout le long de sa vie
Il avait aimé à lire
Avec une bougie
Et souvent il passait
La main dessus la flamme
Pour se persuader
Qu'il vivait,
Qu'il vivait.
Depuis le jour de sa mort
Il tient à côté de lui
Une bougie allumée
Mais garde les mains cachées. 



- translation: unknown

All through his life
He had liked to read
By a candle
And often he passed
His hand over the flame
To convince himself
That he was alive,
That he was alive. 
Since the day he died
He has kept beside him
A lighted candle
But he hides his hands. 



- translation: unknown

All during his life
He had preferred to read
By candlelight
And often would he place
His hand over the flame
In order to be sure
That he was alive,
Alive.
Since the day of his death
He has kept near him always
A lighted candle
But his hands behind his back.