Hiro [English translation]

I would have liked to travel through time

I would have liked to travel through time

Had I had Hiro Nakamura's power

I would have relived Lenny and Inaya's births

I would have been to Sanaa

To boycott Yemenia's A310's take-off

I would have been to my grandfather's one last time

To tell him that I take care of his daughter, that he need not worry

I would have gone to Martin Luther King

After his speech, to show him Barack Obama's picture

I would have been to Harlem's temple

Shove Malcom off the scene before a bullet hit him

I would have been to Mandela's cell

To tell him, "Hang on, your ideas will be president of South Africa"

Lady Diana's lover,

I would have caused a huge traffic jam on Alma Bridge

I would have been to the Bahamas

Not on vacation, but to empty Aaliyah's plane's baggage hold

I would have liked to travel through time

I would have liked to travel through time

I would have liked to travel through time

Had I had Hiro Nakamura's power

I would have assisted to Mohamed Ali's fight in Kinshaa

Then I would have been to the Comoros' Independence celebrations

In my grandfather's arms before his death

And to the Paris-Dakar rally in the middle of the savanna

To boycott Daniel Balavoine's helicopter

Me, who loves the truths of those wearing a red nose

I would have punctured the tires of Coluche's motorcycle

I would have welcomed Mahomet in Medina

Then went to the red Sea, to let Moses cross

I would have assisted to the birth of Mary's son

Two hours later I would have been walking the Salt Walk with Gandhi

I would have sat near Rosa Parks

The to Woodstock, to see Jimy Hendrix play live

I would have been to Motown's anniversary

To see Michael Jackson moonwalking

I would have been to New York

To set off a bomb alert in the two towers

I would have been to Iraq

Teach the reporters how to aim better with their shoes

I would have been to Afghanistan

Throw away the cameras recording Massoud's last interview

I would have been to Angola

To tell Adebayor's team not to go on the road

I would have been to Clichy-sous-Bois

To unplug EDF's transporter before Zyed and Bouna's arrival

I would have been to Kunta Kinte's or to Gorée

To give them guns before the pioneer's arrival

I would have told the African Tirailleurs

That we call their children "dirty immigrants"

I would have been to Austria

To make sure Adolf Hitler's parents never met

Even if I had had Nakamura's power

What could I have done for Haiti, the tsunami and Katrina?

What could I have done for Alaska?

All that nature gave us

Nature will take it back

So many things I would have loved to change or to live

So many things I would have loved to erase or relive

But all this is impossible, my friend

So I take a deep breath and blow out my 30th candle

I would have liked to travel through time

But we can only live in the now

We can only live in the now