Curfew... Paul Eluard

Κατερίνα Παπουτσάκη & Λαέρτης Μαλκότσης, Το φιλί της  ζωής, 2007

What else could we do, for the doors were guarded,

What else could we do, for they had imprisoned us,

What else could we do, for the streets were forbidden us,

What else could we do, for the town was asleep?

What else could we do, for she hungered and thirsted,

What else could we do, for we were defenceless,

What else could we do, for night had descended,

What else could we do, for we were in love?

Paul Eluard

Translated by Timothy Adès