Afrique Adieu [English translation]
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)