Les Lionnes [English translation]

Carry water

Carry life

From the sky to your bucket

Day and night

It is like gold

In your hands

Every day that passes

Makes the earth wearier

Carry water

Carry it well

Please be careful

Don't spill anything

Make the effort

You know it well

Every day that passes

Makes the earth wearier

[Chorus:]

But you know, the lionesses

They're real queens

Their love, they give it

And never take it back

The sun stuns them

Makes their struggle worse

Yes, you know the lionesses

Are real, actual queens

Carry water

Carry life

You have to bend your back

For a little rain

It's like gold

In your hands

Every day that passes

Makes the earth wearier

[Chorus]

It's hope that's coming back

It's life they bring back

In their full buckets

They're tired but still serene

Of the earth and of men

They are the guardians

Yes, you know the lionesses

Are real, actual queens

• Artist:Yannick Noah