Translation of the song lyrics Sul America - Michel Delpech

Sul America (original)

Les bateaux sont entrés
En baie de Maracaïbo
Maracaïbo
Des hommes enchaînés
Sont venus de là-bas, du Congo
De l’autre côté de l’eau
Sul America
Made in Africa
Oh oh oh…
Sul America
Made in Africa
Oh oh oh…
Sul America
Made in Africa
Oh oh oh…
Sul America
Made in Africa
Oh oh oh…
Bahia capitale
D’une couleur d’un noir total
Venu à fond de cale
Transamazonica
T’es parti du Tanganika
Tu ne savais pas
Sul America
Made in Africa
Oh oh oh…
Sul America
Made in Africa
Oh oh oh…
Sul America
Made in Africa
Oh oh oh…
Sul America
Made in Africa
Oh oh oh…
Tes couleurs, tes douleurs
Semblent venues d’ailleurs
Tes douleurs, tes bonheurs
Hé hé hé hé ya ha ha
Tes congas, tes bongos
Sont venus du Togo
Tes sambas, tes mambos
Le sourire pur ivoire
C’est comme un chromosome mémoire
Qui cherche une autre histoire
Et les femmes c’est pareil
Manière de marcher au soleil
Comme de vraies caravelles
Sul America
Made in Africa
Oh oh oh…

Sul America (translation)

The boats entered
In Maracaibo Bay
Maracaibo
chained men
Came from there, from the Congo
On the other side of the water
South America
Made in Africa
Oh oh oh…
South America
Made in Africa
Oh oh oh…
South America
Made in Africa
Oh oh oh…
South America
Made in Africa
Oh oh oh…
Bahia capital
In a color of total black
Come to the bottom of the hold
Transamazonica
You left Tanganika
You did not know
South America
Made in Africa
Oh oh oh…
South America
Made in Africa
Oh oh oh…
South America
Made in Africa
Oh oh oh…
South America
Made in Africa
Oh oh oh…
Your colors, your pains
Seem to come from elsewhere
Your pains, your joys
Hey hey hey hey ya ha ha
Your congas, your bongos
Came from Togo
Your sambas, your mambos
The pure ivory smile
It's like a memory chromosome
Who is looking for another story
And women are the same
Way to walk in the sun
Like real caravels
South America
Made in Africa
Oh oh oh…