Afrique Adieu [English translation]

Africa, goodbye

Beautiful Africa

Where are the blue waters of Tanganyika going?

Africa, goodbye

Your samba heart

Bleeds as much as it can

Your heart has gone away

Birds rain on the Antilles

Over the magnolia forests.

The girls' hot, golden breasts

Pass two steps away from my ten fingers.

From the musicians of Casamance

To the marabouts of Pretoria

They're all crazy people who dance

As if they're going to die of happiness.

Africa, goodbye

Beautiful Africa

Where are the blue waters of Tanganyika going?

Africa, goodbye

Your samba heart

Bleeds as much as it can

Your heart has gone away

On the ponds of Malawi

The night resonates like a signal

It's for a girl from Nairobi

Let a drum play in Senegal

And from Saint Louis to Yaounde

The saltwater lakes of old Kenya

They're all a people who will dance

As if they're going to die of happiness.

Africa, goodbye

Your wooden masks

Are no longer in your eyes

Lightning of yesterday

Africa, goodbye

There were you'll go

The spirits of fire

Will dance for you

Africa, goodbye

Beautiful Africa

Where are the blue waters of Tanganyika going?

Africa, goodbye

Your samba heart

Bleeds as much as it can

Your heart has gone away

• Artist:Michel Sardou
• Album:Il était là (1982)