Michel Delpech - Sul America - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Michel Delpech - Sul America




Sul America
Sul America
Les bateaux sont entrés
Ships entered
En baie de Maracaïbo
Maracaïbo Bay
Maracaïbo
Maracaïbo
Des hommes enchaînés
Men in chains
Sont venus de là-bas, du Congo
Came from there, from Congo
De l′autre côté de l'eau
From the other side of the waters
Sul America
Sul America
Made in Africa
Made in Africa
Oh oh oh.
Oh oh oh.
Bahia capitale
Bahia, a capital
D′une couleur d'un noir total
Of a color black as night
Venu à fond de cale
Arrived in the ship's hull
Transamazonica
Transamazonica
T'es parti du Tanganika
You left from Tanganika
Tu ne savais pas
You didn't know
Sul America
Sul America
Made in Africa
Made in Africa
Oh oh oh.
Oh oh oh.
Tes couleurs, tes douleurs
Your colors, your sorrows
Semblent venues d′ailleurs
Seemed to come from afar
Tes douleurs, tes bonheurs
Your joys, your sorrows
ya ha ha
Hey hey hey hey ya ha ha
Tes congas, tes bongos
Your congas, your bongos
Sont venus du Togo
Came from Togo
Tes sambas, tes mambos
Your sambas, your mambos
Le sourire pur ivoire
With smiles of pure ivory
C′est comme un chromosome mémoire
They are like a chromosome of memory
Qui cherche une autre histoire
That seeks for another story
Et les femmes c'est pareil
And the women are the same
Manière de marcher au soleil
A way of walking under the sun
Comme de vraies caravelles
Like true caravans
Sul America
Sul America
Made in Africa
Made in Africa
Oh oh oh.
Oh oh oh.





Writer(s): Jean-pierre Lang, Roland Vincent


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