Mélancolie [English translation]

Melancholy dance with me

To the beautiful cadence of my joyful dreams

Melancholy sing with me

The words of happiness

That inspire life in me

Melancholy

Faithful companion

Of my solitude

Melancholy, I don’t want your pain

Whirling in the fissures of my heart

Your tears that tarnish the colours of my soul

I long for laughter that explodes in sparks

Dreams that twirl and poems recite

And I’ll be gentler than the most beautiful of all joys

Melancholy, dance with me

To the beautiful cadence of my dreamed of joys

Melancholy, sing with me

The words of happiness

That inspire life in me

Melancholy

Faithful companion

Of my solitude

Melancholy, in the depths of your despair

You’ll silence the torments that haunt me

Never will I hear about all that evil again

Which drives me away from the lights of life

I’ll scorn malicious doubt

And I’ll hear hope murmuring

Its gentle words, O melancholy

Melancholy dance with me

To the beautiful cadence of my joyful dreams

Melancholy sing with me

The words of happiness

That inspire in me

Melancholy

Faithful companion

Of my solitude

Melancholy

Dance with me

Melancholy sing with me

Melancholy tétoudei toudida ti toto

O melancholy

Faithful companion

Of my solitude

Hei bei iyé

O melancholy

Faithful companion

Of my solitude

Hei bei iyé

O melancholy

Faithful companion

Of my solitude

Hei bei iyé

• Artist:Rokia Traoré
• Album:Beautiful Africa (2013)