Genius English Translations
Stromae - Humain à l’Eau (English Translation)
[Verse 1]
Me human Papuan
Primitive and not you?
If that’s evolution
I don’t want to evolve at all
Me talks about glacier
If melt, me angry
I know where to find you
When you’ll be perching like me
But of course, yes, remember me
Piercings everywhere like yours
A hole like in the ozone layer
I’ll make you a penis gourd, too
But fly, fly and travel
Make your documentaries
Keep sticking your nose out
Spit in your bowl of soup
In your upper-class world
Me? I never wanted it
Of course, you think so
But one doesn’t speak
When one doesn’t know
Shut your mouth, idiot
Listen to Mother Nature
Don’t be surprised
It smells like a coup d'état
[Chorus]
Man overboard!
Man overboard!

[Verse 2]
But little modern man
Why do you speak so rudely of me?
I respect the Pygmy
So respect the Maasai
I respect your rabbit-hole
So please respect my land
I respect insects
So please respect mammals
Must I say it again?
Me have to spell it out for you?
You not understand
You no speak
Or perhaps you no think?
Poor thing, he needs some help
His buddy, let’s give him a hand
So appoint the representative
Who will appoint the next representative
Shut up, idiot
Even if *tchip*, zip it
Too dangerous to be heard
Even at such-and-such hour
It’s a euphemism
Yes, I did romanticize you
And the culture of foolishness
And yes, I’m racist towards that
[Chorus]
Man overboard!
Man overboard!

[Verse 3]
Your helicopter’s flown past here four times
And the whole village is pissed off
Pass, pass but watch out
If one day it crashes
There’s no gangs or police
No, it’s not a hellhole here
Jaguars don’t roll up in here
My home is the Amazon
Or it was, at least what’s left of it
But keep your shrubs
Lay a hand on my forest again
I’ll make logs out of your penis
You and all your parakeets
Your Christopher Columbuses
It’s too late for excuses
In the name of The Flood
3G, 4G or forgotten waste
G8, G20 or I-took-a-shit-and-I-hid-my-mess
You decided all of this without our knowledge
I’d like to be heard, too
So stop right now
Are you stupid or what?
Studying doesn’t give all the answers
[Chorus]
Man overboard!
Man overboard!