| Dis-moi pourquoi ils surveillent ma vida | Tell me, why do their hawk-eyes trail my vida’s flight, |
| Moi, j’suis resté l’même depuis «Dalida» | I have not swerved since Dalida’s distant light, |
| C’est pas l’argent, c’est Dieu qui m’a guidé | Not gold’s deceit, but God’s own hand has steered me right, |
| Moi, comme les miens, j’peux mourir pour mes idées | I, like my kin, would die for visions burning bright, |
| On s’sent plus fort ensemble, on voit plus l’temps passer | Shoulder to shoulder, time’s river runs unseen, |
| On voit plus l’temps passer | The hours drowned beneath our gathered sheen, |
| Un jour, tu t’en iras, tu finiras pas t’en lasser | One evening, you’ll depart—grown weary of the scene, |
| Moi, j’ai chanté la paix, la tristesse et la joie | I sang of peace, of sorrow’s shroud, of joy serene, |
| La misère aussi, car j’suis pas fils de bourgeois | Of want as well—I am no scion of patrician line, |
| J’achète pas les vues, moi, j’achète maison pour la mama | I do not buy applause, but build my mother’s shrine, |
| Le futur est traître comme tous ces politiciens | The future, serpent-tongued, as politicians are, |
| Moi, j’vais rester en bas avec tous ceux qui se battent | I dwell below, among the ones who wage their war, |
| Comme toi, baba | As you do, little father— |
| Frérot, tout va vite | Brother, the world whirls fast, |
| Ma vie, on la surveille beaucoup | My life is watched as through a pane of glass, |
| Bah oui, l’espoir fait vivre | Yes, hope alone breathes fire beneath the ash, |
| Moi, j’ai vu leur vrai visage mauve, bah oui | I saw their faces, violet masks behind the sash, |
| Yeah | Yeah |
| Eh, ah, yeah | Eh, ah, yeah |
| Eh, ah, yeah | Eh, ah, yeah |
| Eh, ah, yeah | Eh, ah, yeah |
| Eh, ah, yeah, j’m’en fous | Eh, ah, yeah, I cast it all away |
| Eh, ah, yeah, j’m’en fous | Eh, ah, yeah, I cast it all away |
| Eh, ah, yeah, j’m’en fous | Eh, ah, yeah, I cast it all away |
| Eh, ah, yeah, j’m’en fous | Eh, ah, yeah, I cast it all away |
| Eh, ah | Eh, ah |
| Demain, c’est loin, ouais, j’espère qu’il s’ra meilleur qu’hier | Tomorrow glimmers, distant, veiled—will dawn outrun the dusk? |
| Poto, rien n’est acquis, moi, j’demande à mama d’prier | Sister, nothing’s promised—my prayers rise from mama’s husk, |
| Le futur fait peur, meilleur au pire, millionnaire ou pauvre (sku, sku, sku) | The future crouches, beast or lamp, rich or beggar’s mask (sku, sku, sku) |
| Ola chica, tu parles à moi ou mon oseille? | Ola chica, do you call to me—or to the shine I keep? |
| J’ai rêvé qu’un serpent me mordait dans mon sommeil | Dreamt a viper’s bite found me, coiled within my sleep, |
| Crois-moi, ça fait plus mal quand tu tombes du sommet | Believe me, when you fall from heights, the wound cuts twice as deep, |
| C’que l'être humain t’a volé, Dieu te l’a redonné | What mortals stole from you, God’s hand returned to heap, |
| Mucho, mucho dineros égale mucho, mucho problèmes | Mucho, mucho dineros—mucho, mucho grief’s parade, |
| Ah, mucho, mucho problèmes | Ah, grief that swells but will not fade, |
| Frérot, tout va vite | Brother, the world whirls fast, |
| Ma vie, on la surveille beaucoup | My life is watched as through a pane of glass, |
| Bah oui, l’espoir fait vivre | Yes, hope alone breathes fire beneath the ash, |
| Moi, j’ai vu leur vrai visage mauve, bah oui | I saw their faces, violet masks behind the sash, |
| Yeah | Yeah |
| Eh, ah, yeah | Eh, ah, yeah |
| Eh, ah, yeah | Eh, ah, yeah |
| Eh, ah, yeah | Eh, ah, yeah |
| Eh, ah, yeah, j’m’en fous | Eh, ah, yeah, I cast it all away |
| Eh, ah, yeah, j’m’en fous | Eh, ah, yeah, I cast it all away |
| Eh, ah, yeah, j’m’en fous | Eh, ah, yeah, I cast it all away |
| Eh, ah, yeah, j’m’en fous | Eh, ah, yeah, I cast it all away |
| Eh, ah | Eh, ah |
| Frérot, tout va vite | Brother, the world whirls fast, |
| Ma vie, on la surveille beaucoup | My life is watched as through a pane of glass, |
| Bah oui, l’espoir fait vivre | Yes, hope alone breathes fire beneath the ash, |
| Moi, j’ai vu leur vrai visage mauve, bah oui | I saw their faces, violet masks behind the sash, |
| Yeah | Yeah |
| Eh, ah, yeah | Eh, ah, yeah |
| Eh, ah, yeah | Eh, ah, yeah |
| Eh, ah, yeah | Eh, ah, yeah |
| Eh, ah, yeah, j’m’en fous | Eh, ah, yeah, I cast it all away |
| Eh, ah, yeah, j’m’en fous | Eh, ah, yeah, I cast it all away |
| Eh, ah, yeah, j’m’en fous | Eh, ah, yeah, I cast it all away |
| Eh, ah, yeah, j’m’en fous | Eh, ah, yeah, I cast it all away |
| Eh, ah | Eh, ah |
| J’m’en fous, j’m’en fous | I cast it all away, I cast it all away |
| J’m’en fous, j’m’en fous | I cast it all away, I cast it all away |
| J’m’en fous, j’m’en fous | I cast it all away, I cast it all away |
| J’m’en fous, j’m’en fous | I cast it all away, I cast it all away |