Translation of the song lyrics Africa / Rio - Lara Fabian

Africa / Rio (original)

I hear the drums
Echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She’s coming in 12:30 flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards
Salvation
I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancinet melodies
He turned to me as if to say, Hurry boy, it’s waiting there for
You
It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
Libre et rebelle
Tu es de celles
Qui dansent et bats
Au rythme de la samba
Ipanéma n’est pas que la fille que l’on croit
Dans cette ville
Le cœur dans l’eau
Une forêt
Est le refuge des bateaux
Toutes les nuits
Rouge est la lumière de sa peau
C’est plus la peine
Je ne suis plus la même
Rio
Ton Pain de Sucre est un oiseau
Jésus lui-même en a quitté sa croix
Il veille en toi les bras ouverts
Et tes enfants
De tous les sangs
Marchent sur les toits
Il n’y a pas que Guanahara
Le ballon au pied
Aucun rêve ne peut s’effondrer
L’hiver est mort
L'été, c’est janvier
Rio
Ton Pain de Sucre est un oiseau
Jésus lui-même en a quitté sa croix
Il veille en toi les bras ouverts
Rio
Carioca, c’est ça ton drapeau
Chaque couleur définissant ta foi
Vert Tijuca
Bleu nuit bossa
Jaune Copacabana
Blanche et Certi
L’eau est la terre
Où tu prends vie
Rio
Ton Pain de Sucre est un oiseau
Jésus lui-même en a quitté sa croix
Il veille en toi les bras ouverts
Fala do amor
(Merci à steven’s pour cettes paroles)

Africa / Rio (translation)

I hear the drums
Echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's coming in 12:30 flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards
Salvation
I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies
He turned to me as if to say, Hurry boy, it's waiting there for
You
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
Free and Rebellious
You are one of those
Who dance and beat
To the rhythm of the samba
Ipanéma is not just the girl you think
In this city
The heart in the water
A forest
Is the refuge of the boats
Every night
Red is the light of her skin
It is not worth it anymore
I'm not the same
Rio
Your Sugar Loaf is a bird
Jesus himself left his cross
He watches over you with open arms
And your children
Of all blood
Walk on the rooftops
It's not just Guanahara
The ball at the foot
No dream can fall apart
winter is dead
Summer is January
Rio
Your Sugar Loaf is a bird
Jesus himself left his cross
He watches over you with open arms
Rio
Carioca, this is your flag
Every color defining your faith
Tijuca Green
Bossa midnight blue
Copacabana Yellow
Blanche and Certi
Water is Earth
where you come alive
Rio
Your Sugar Loaf is a bird
Jesus himself left his cross
He watches over you with open arms
Fala do amor
(Thanks to Steven's for these lyrics)