D'ici et d'ailleurs [English translation]

I'm from there & from over there

Between two lives

The one I'm back in outside

& The one I'm still looking for

I'm from there & from over there

Between two lives

The one of which I can see the decor

& The one that still escapes me

I need to know myself

I need to know where I come from

Holding back my words , my gestures , my rituals

That attach me to my people

Me , I feel lonely

I cling to my people's values

My parents whom I'm proud of

Who have made me half - blood & different

Take me to where my roots are

A part of myself can hardly live

I've grown up in my province

I know my district , my city by heart

You can read in my prints

All the things that trials teached me

But I miss a part of myself

That prevents me from building myself

It's a country across the sea

Going there would be like coming back

This feeling to be out of the ordinary

I'm not the only one who feels it

We are thousands , millions

That are torn between two people

In every part of the world