De couleurs vives [English translation]

All these rumors

That say black or white

So it’s a name or skin

That will decide rank

I can’t breath anymore

Under the weight of this stupidity

Even blood, even moon

Whatever they say, whatever they say

All these “I-we” are so heavy

That some knock down

Their only crime to this day?

Being born from their mothers

I can’t breathe anymore

Under the weight of this stupidity

Even blood, even moon

Whatever they say

I want to live, laugh, free

I am a woman of lively colors

And that means everything

I want to live, laugh, free

I am a woman of lively colors

And that means everything

Of lively colors

There are sometimes days

Where the sky is so beautiful

That I come, I admit,

To envy birds

To be but a witness

To our inhuman acts

And to be able to fly

Fly towards other tomorrows

I think of you often

You disappointing them

Who divide everything

I think of you often

Who trample us

I’m disappointed, really

So I pray the wind

Will bring you back to us

So I pray to the wind

in order to change everything

I want to live, laugh, free

I am a woman of lively colors

And that means everything

I want to live, laugh, free

I am a woman of lively colors

And that means everything

Of lively colors

Of lively colors

I leave them to time, these pot stories

I avoid it, it’s true

To intervene

So I sing a little

Everyone’s doing their best

I want to live, laugh, free

I am a woman of lively colors

And that means everything

I want to live, laugh, free

I am a woman of lively colors

And that means everything

Of lively colors

Of lively colors