Femme de couleur [English translation]

You speak about my life

You talk about where I come from.

Who I am

I am a woman of colour.

I come from where the sun shines,

Where people speak to each other without knowing each other

The wabes echo the sound of life,

And the birds sing at the window

The scent of freedom

The child with the mixed face

Who looks at his father

To see how to do things,

Good advice

Who will make of him the big brother

The hot sand which warms hearts

Simple words to speak of happiness

These memories which make you smile again,

The desire for singing my memories to you.

Refrain:

You speak about my life

You speak about where I come from.

Who I am

I am a woman of colour,

I have my island at the bottom of my heart

Gotta speak about it, speak about it

You speak about my life

You speak about where I come from

Who I am

I am a woman of colour.

I have my island at the bottom of my heart

Gotta speak about it, speak about it

I come from where the sun shines,

Where people speak to each other from the heart

The island winds made my life

An ocean of colors

Cultivate the difference

Move away from intolerence

Face my fears while thinking

None with softness while singing

The hot sand which warms hearts

Simple words to speak of happiness

These memories which you smile again

The desire for singing my memories to you.

Keep at the bottom of your memory

Who you are, where you come from.

I kept at the bottom of my heart

These images which make good