When you are gone your dog misses you so much that his heart is sick. When you are gone his love for you is killing him. When you leave his life stops. He is howling, but no one can hear him.
“Rollo go look out the window” is what we tell our dog Rollo when we leave. He runs to the window, and he looks out the window. We used to have two other dogs, a large Leonberger dog called Bronco, and a little Pug named Daisy. Bronco and Rollo were best friends, and he loved his little sister Daisy. They both died and now Rollo is alone. Now he is alone looking out the window when we leave. However, he does not accept any other dogs so there is not much we can do.
Are you leaving your dog to face his despair all by himself?
Are you going to leave your dog at home, sitting by the window all alone waiting for you? He is looking out the window, looking for you. It is like he is in a dark train station at night. There is only emptiness. When you are gone, he is like an orphan, like a stupid lonely kid singing to himself, howling into the emptiness. He does not have a life anymore. After you leave him, he cannot dream. He feels ugly without you. He feels dirty without you. He feels sick without you. Are you abandoning him? You should be happy dogs don’t drink whiskey to comfort themselves.
I wrote the above with the song below in my mind. It is a French song called “Je suis malade…” (I am sick…) by Lara Fabian about a lover leaving his beloved. However, I think it fits the way the dogs seem to feel when you leave them. We listened to it in French class. That’s how I came across it. I am learning French as a hobby. It is the saddest song I’ve ever heard but it is also a very beautiful song, so you may want to get your tissue box out. There are English subtitles.
Sometimes you have to leave your dogs for a little bit, and it is difficult. They are not happy. We cannot get a dog sitter every time we leave for a short bit, but we try to take him with us as much as possible. We are lucky. We have found a very professional dog sitter willing to stay almost 24/7 with our Rollo when we go on vacation. She is a veterinary assistant and Rollo loves her.
French Song Lyrics for « Je suis malade »
Je ne rêve plus, je ne fume plus
Je n’ai même plus d’histoire
Je suis sale sans toi, je suis laid sans toi
Je suis comme un orphelin dans un dortoir
Je n’ai plus envie de vivre ma vie
Ma vie cesse quand tu pars
Je n’ai plus de vie et même mon lit
Se transforme en quai de gare
Quand tu t’en vas
Je suis malade, complètement malade
Comme quand ma mère sortait le soir
Et qu’elle me laissait seul avec mon désespoir
Je suis malade, parfaitement malade
T’arrives on ne sait jamais quand
Tu repars on ne sait jamais où
Et ça va faire bientôt deux ans
Que tu t’en fous
Comme à un rocher, comme à un péché
Je suis accroché à toi
Je suis fatigué, je suis épuisé
De faire semblant d’être heureux quand ils sont là
Je bois toutes les nuits, mais tous les whiskys
Pour moi ont le même goût
Et tous les bateaux portent ton drapeau
Je ne sais plus où aller, tu es partout
Je suis malade, complètement malade
Je verse mon sang dans ton corps
Et je suis comme un oiseau mort quand toi tu dors
Je suis malade, parfaitement malade
Tu m’as privé de tous mes chants
Tu m’as vidé de tous mes mots
Pourtant, moi j’avais du talent avant ta peau
Cet amour me tue, si ça continue
Je crèverai seul avec moi
Près de ma radio comme un gosse idiot
Écoutant ma propre voix qui chantera
Je suis malade, complètement malade
Comme quand ma mère sortait le soir
Et qu’elle me laissait seul avec mon désespoir
Je suis malade, c’est ça, je suis malade
Tu m’as privé de tous mes chants
Tu m’as vidé de tous mes mots
Et j’ai le cœur complètement malade
Cerné de barricades
T’entends, je suis malade
Song lyrics English Translation for “Je suis malade”
I no longer dream, I no longer smoke
I don’t even have a story anymore
I’m dirty without you, I’m ugly without you
I’m like an orphan in a dormitory
I don’t want to live my life anymore
My life ends when you leave
I no longer have a life and even my bed
Transforms into a station platform
When you leave
I’m sick, completely sick
Like when my mother went out in the evening
And she left me alone with my despair
I’m sick, perfectly sick
You arrive, we never know when
You go back, we never know where
And it will be almost two years
That you don’t care
Like a rock, like a sin
I’m clinging to you
I’m tired, I’m exhausted
To pretend to be happy when they are around
I drink every night, but all the whiskeys
To me they taste the same
And all the boats carry your flag
I don’t know where to go anymore, you are everywhere
I’m sick, completely sick
I pour my blood into your body
And I’m like a dead bird when you sleep
I’m sick, perfectly sick
You deprived me of all my songs
You emptied me of all my words
However, I had talent before your skin
This love kills me, if it continues
I will die alone with me
By my radio like a stupid kid
Listening to my own voice that will sing
I’m sick, completely sick
Like when my mother went out in the evening
And she left me alone with my despair
I’m sick, that’s it, I’m sick
You deprived me of all my songs
You emptied me of all my words
And my heart is completely sick
Surrounded by barricades
You hear, I’m sick
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