Lampedusa [English translation]

I think of you my love

I'm so far from our lands

I'm going there for you my love

For mom and for my brothers

There is a welcoming land

Soon I'll be on the doorstep

Oh there is Europe

But on this stumbling sea

Under this mourning moon

I escape, I escape

Tell my ancestors and tell Mom

That it'll be wonderful in Lampedusa

Oh tell my ancestors

Tell it to Moussa

I'll live happier days in Lampedusa

I think of you my love

What are you doing right now

Don't worry my love

Soon you'll be so proud

And even if the time is spoiled

Even if the wind beats us

I will arrive soon

Even if the wind slaps us

The next step is El Dorado

Tell my ancestors and tell Mom

That everything will go better in Lampedusa

Oh tell my ancestors

Tell it to Moussa

I'll live happier days in Lampedusa

Oh my God, my God

I've dreamed of this place so much

I went there for you and I

I've dreamed of this place so much

This place that I won't like

Oh if you knew, my God

How cold I am

Oh my God, my God

To you I said goodbye

But say nothing to Mom

I see your eyes again

I hear their samba

While I pass my days1 in the middle

Off the coast of Lampedusa

Oh my God, my God

I've dreamed of this place so much

Say nothing to Mom

Oh I run in the middle of Lampedusa

I think of you my love

This thought will be the last

1. "couler" can mean to "flow", to "run" or to "roll", but the context here is more-so to spend his life there. There really isn't a great translation for this word into Engish.

• Artist:Christophe Maé
• Album:L'attrape-rêves