Genius Translations
Rokia Traoré - Tu Voles (English Translation)
[Verse 1]
Happiness is an attitude
To what happens and what makes you suffer
Yet still leaves freedom
To find within what feeds and grows
[Chorus]
You fly
From every ill
You unburden yourself
And you swim in the air
You fly
You spin, spin
You frolic
You flutter and you whirl
[Verse 2]
In the field of your existence
Body and soul are in accord
Your tempers in evanescence
You adapt, you adopt, everything in harmony
[Chorus]
You fly
From every ill
You unburden yourself
And you swim in the air
You fly
You spin, spin
You frolic
You flutter and you whirl
[Verse 3]
Think of the good you would do
If you didn’t think of having so many possessions
Think of everything you know not
To have thought you knew
What do we know?
If only we knew!
When we know
All that we don’t know
So maybe one day we will know
What do we know?
If only we knew!
When we know all that we have
So maybe can we think less that we have not
[Chorus]
You fly
From every ill
You unburden yourself
And you swim in the air
You fly
You spin, spin
You frolic
You flutter and you whirl
[Verse 4]
You find your lily soul
Emancipated, your joy is revealed
You notice your ideal
Free, your spirit wakes
[Chorus]
You fly
From every ill
You unburden yourself
And you swim in the air
You fly
You spin, spin
You frolic
You flutter and you whirl
You fly (x14)