Translation of the song lyrics Un zéro - Les Rita Mitsouko

Un zéro (original)

Il était une fois et il n'était pas
Il était une fois le 1 et il était une fois le rien
Il était une fois le 1, au début il en faut 1
Au moins 1, tout beau, tout chaud tout plein
Il était une fois le rien, rien était là mais ne se calculait pas
Rien ne donnait rien, non, rien de rien
On pouvait additionner, soustraire ou multiplier
Mais pour les calculs compliqués, ça ne tournait pas carré
Et puis on a inventé un nombre qui changerait la face du monde
Thank the Emptiness, just say yes to zéro
O thank the emptiness, just say yes to 0
I thank you Emptiness, with a kind of tenderness
I smile at your Emptiness, I say yes to 0
Un zéro est un vide, un néant simple et limpide
A-t-il seulement une ride, une ride de vide?
Ondoyant sur la matière et finissant la forme des choses
Pour qu’elles s’arrêtent bien, quelque part, comme c’est bizarre
Thank the emptiness, just say yes to zéro
Thank the emptiness, just say yes to 0
I thank you Emptiness, with a kind of tenderness
I smile at your Emptiness, I say yes to 0
Cause 0 is decimal, cause 0 is digital, cause 0 is normal
0 c’est son petit nom américain au zéro, un petit nom qui l’air de rien
A profilé sa rondeur au cœur de nos ordinateurs, grâce à quoi
On pourra s’envoler, on pourra visiter les étoiles
Et mettre les voiles par le vide intersidéral
Thank the emptiness, just say yes to zéro
Thank the emptiness, just say yes to 0
O thank you emptiness, with a kind of tenderness
I say smile at your emptiness, I say yes to 0
Thank the Emptiness, just say yes to the zero
Thank the emptiness, just say yes to 0
Thank you, Emptiness with this kind of tenderness
I smile at your Emptiness, I say yes to 0.

(translation)

Once upon a time and there was not
Once upon a time the 1 and once upon a time nothing
Once upon a time 1, in the beginning it takes 1
At least 1, all nice, all hot all full
Once upon a time there was nothing, nothing was there but couldn't be calculated
Nothing came to nothing, no, nothing to nothing
You could add, subtract or multiply
But for complicated calculations, it didn't turn square
And then we invented a number that would change the face of the world
Thank the Emptiness, just say yes to zero
O thank the emptiness, just say yes to 0
I thank you Emptiness, with a kind of tenderness
I smile at your Emptiness, I say yes to 0
A zero is a void, a simple, clear nothingness
Is it just a wrinkle, a wrinkle of emptiness?
Rippling over matter and finishing the shape of things
So that they stop well, somewhere, how weird
Thank the emptiness, just say yes to zero
Thank the emptiness, just say yes to 0
I thank you Emptiness, with a kind of tenderness
I smile at your Emptiness, I say yes to 0
Cause 0 is decimal, cause 0 is digital, cause 0 is normal
0 is his little American name at zero, a little name that looks like nothing
Profiled its plumpness in the heart of our computers, whereby
We can fly away, we can visit the stars
And set sail through the interstellar void
Thank the emptiness, just say yes to zero
Thank the emptiness, just say yes to 0
O thank you emptiness, with a kind of tenderness
I say smile at your emptiness, I say yes to 0
Thank the Emptiness, just say yes to the zero
Thank the emptiness, just say yes to 0
Thank you, Emptiness with this kind of tenderness
I smile at your Emptiness, I say yes to 0.