L'oiseau noir et l'oiseau blanc [English translation]

The black bird and the white bird

Live in peace in the Sky.

They never, never pretend

to lead a true free life.

I would like to be able

To follow there this free bird

That I can hear singing

In the blue Sky

Just when I wake up

I would like to be able

To follow there this free bird

To be able to see above the clouds the Sun shine.

In the realm of the stars,

In the love-country,

No flower of evil

Shall ever be born.

The birds share the best part

In a cry of joy.

The difference in colours

Just doesn't exist.

The black bird and the white bird

Above the frontiers,

When they sing in the same voice,

It's for the whole World.

I would like to be able

To follow there this free bird

That I can hear singing

In the blue Sky

Just when I wake up

To follow there this free bird

To be able to see above the clouds the Sun shine.

The black bird and the white bird

Are made to love each

Other and cross the ocean

to meet each other.

They were not born to the World

In the same nest

Yet It's the same round dance

That they dance today.

The black and white birds were made

To love each other.