Qu'il est honteux d'être humain [English translation]

The animals that we are

Remain weak and fleeting

In us, this idea resounds¹

That it's shameful to be human

All the stars

They mock us

The more they shine, the more we hurt

It's shameful to be human

We cling to love

To cheat on our solitude

But the joy stays muted

It's shameful to be human

And the clouds

Coming to fill us

With tears and delusions

It's shameful to be human

Sometimes a pretty little joy

A moment of sweet madness

Then that voice returns

It's shameful to be human

And when the earth

Trembles beneath our feet

It shouts that to shut us up

It's shameful to be human

We look with our eyes closed

For the trees of our childhood

We can read it on our wrinkled brows

It's shameful to be human

Our ancestors who sleep

In another world

They sing in unison the fate of man

Our ancestors who sleep

In the afterlife

They sing in chorus this tune without end

It's shameful to be human

It's shameful to be human