Malheur, malheur [English translation]

Verse one

Tonight, i'm going home alone like yesterday and the day before that

The feeling that the world's looking at me the wrong way

It's so cold outside, sun, where are you?

Ah, if only I could hit you back

Hit you back * (you here refers to the sun)

I remember the advice my dad gave to me

"look right and left before you cross the road"

Yes but, dad, you know, i'm looking everywhere, even in the air

I didn't see the hit, my enemies are behind me

My enemies are behind me

Chorus

Woe to me, I was born here

I wanted to come to terms with it, they told me "that's the way it is"

Woe to me, I saw these horns in the night

Dad told me "Don't say anything 'cause that's the way it is here

'cause that's the way it is here

'cause that's the way it is here

Verse 2

Peace only lasts the time it takes them to reload their guns

Change is only a project, I've seen it on the table

Better to be reckless in order to hope for a truce

No, don't say another word i'm drawing my dreams

I'm drawing my dreams

I'm drawing my dreams

Chorus

Woe to me, I was born here

I wanted to come to terms with it, they told me "that's the way it is"

Woe to me, I saw these horns in the night

Dad told me "Don't say anything 'cause that's the way it is here

'cause that's the way it is here

'cause that's the way it is here

Verse 3

If it turns out, in ten years, i'm a grandfather

And equality is only a pipe dream

Who is unknown on a stretcher?

And you who pretend to have suffered

The mountains speak to me of the earth

Then the earth speaks to me of the sea

And the sea comes to speak of the forests

That reminds it of our ancestors

Chorus

Woe to me, I was born here

I wanted to come to terms with it, they told me "that's the way it is"

Woe to me, I saw these horns in the night

Dad told me "Don't say anything 'cause that's the way it is here

'cause that's the way it is here

'cause that's the way it is here