L’homme aux 100 noms / The man with 100 names #poem

 

vraiment J’ai jamais su son vrai nom–

et j’ai eu beau lui demander son nom–
jamais il ne m’a donné son vrai nom–
mais il m’a donné plus de cent noms–
et là il dit avoir porté tous ces noms–
mais qu’aussi il cache d’autres noms–
car là on le recherche sous ces noms–
puis à son ami j’ai demandé son nom–
lui non plus il ne savait pas son nom–
et il utilisait de respectueux surnoms–
comme jamais il ne fut mon ennemi–
j’ai fini par juste l’appeler mon Ami–

really i never knew his real name-
and I tried to ask him his name-
he never gave me his real name-
he gave me some hundred names-
he says he has had all these names-
but that he also hides other names-
he was wanted under these names-
there to his friend I asked his name-
but there he didn’t know his name-
and he used respectful nicknames-
he was never my enemy in the end-
so I ended up calling him my friend-