1000 cœurs debout [English translation]

Do you see, you as well, when you close your eyes, when you hold your clenched fist

High towards the sky, do you smell the delicious odour of freedom

When you spit sunshine, your head high, into the wind, when you sing, at the top of your voice

To the love returning, crowned with laurels

We are thousands, an extraordinary river

Our force is sublime, it will carry everything with it

And if they still try, they’ll come up against a thousand hearts on their feet

The combat has raged, the combat was hard, it has wrought devastation

It’s written in the wrinkles of our fathers drunk with pride, they never gave anything up

There it is, victory opening its golden arms

And then these streets singing and these flags outside

I’ll put my arm around your waist and then we will taste these moments of life

We are thousands, an extraordinary river

Our force is sublime, it will carry everything with it

And if they still try, they’ll come up against a thousand hearts on their feet

Do you hear the black echo of the wreck

When the night used to moan, we cowered under the fear

And the pain of the others kept us awake

Do you remember the African child who lived underneath

And his parents rounded up

The rifles of shame that encircled our schools, I’ll never forget

We are thousands, an extraordinary river

Our force is sublime, it will carry everything with it

And if they still try, they’ll come up against a thousand hearts on their feet

Do you see, you as well, when you close your eyes, when you hold your clenched fist

High towards the sky, do you smell the delicious odour of freedom

• Artist:Cali
• Album:L'espoir