Ethiopie [English translation]

They have never seen rain

They don't even know how to smile anymore

There aren't even any tears left

In their eyes so big

The children of Ethiopia

Are onboard a ship

That no longer has sails nor oars

Waiting for the wind

Far from the hearts and from the eyes

Of our cities and towns

Ethiopia is slowly dying

Slowly

Nothing but a song for them

To open our eyes

It's so much yet so little

It's so little

But for every child who falls

Who dies far from the eyes of the West

Our sky becomes darker

And our future less bright

In this land of drought

Only graves bloom

Despite all of our riches

Their sun forms our shadows

Far from the hearts and from the eyes

Of our cities and towns

Ethiopia is slowly dying

Slowly

Nothing but a song for them

To open our eyes

It's so much yet so little

It's so little

Let's give them futures

In exchange for nothing

Let's give them life

Just life

Here at home the forest falls

There the desert advances

Faster than the dove

In a sky of indifference

The children the Third World

Only have a shadow of a chance

Every day, every second

Let's stop the silence

Far from the hearts and from the eyes

Of our cities and towns

Ethiopia is slowly dying

Slowly

Nothing but a song for them

To open our eyes

It's so much yet so little

It's so little

Far from the hearts and from the eyes

Of our cities and towns

Ethiopia is slowly dying

Slowly

Nothing but a song for them

To open our eyes

It's so much yet so little

It's so little

• Artist:Chanteurs sans frontières