Les temps changent [English translation]

Brave people, wherever you are, come out!

The water began rising, it became clearer

Admit that, soon, you'll be submerged

And that if you are worth being saved

Now it's time to learn to swim

As the world and the times change

And you, people whose letters are written in gold,

Open your eyes wide as there is still time

The wheel of fortune is turning

And no one knows yet where it will stop

The losers of yesterday may become the winners

As the world and the times change

Gentlemen, deputies, listen now:

Stop flooding the hall with dissonant speeches

If you don't move forward, you'll be outdated,

As the windows crack and the walls will tumble

It's the huge battle that will begin

As the world and the times change

You, fathers and mothers from every country,

Don't criticize anymore as you haven't understood

Your children are no longer under your authority

On your old steps, the ground's been used

March on new ones or keep hidden

As the world and the times change

Now the spell and the dice have been cast

As the present soon will have passed

Little by little at each new day, the order overturned

Those who wait will soon arrive

The first ones of today, tomorrow, will be the last

As the world and the times change