Oh oh, chérie, tu apportes espoir
La force de ton cœur est ton histoire
Tu m’as conduis dans ton pays de couleurs
Tu portes les cicatrices comme tes filles
porte les fleurs (dans leurs cheveux)
Tu me donnes un sourire, tu me prends la main
Tu me montres l’importance d’une vie humaine
Donnant ta vie porque vive la paix
Perdant tout, pour un avenir de possibilité
Every country in this world children are born into love
They are given a name, given a name, to lift them above
Chorus
Derrière mon, gen yen mon. Derrière moun gen yen moun
Je connais un homme. Son nom est espérance
There are mountains to climb, but I will toss down a rope
To every boy and girl, in this world,
Living their lives…..on hope.
Verse 2 :
Je me promene dans les rues, sans trottoir
Et les pauvres me regardent avec espoir
Avec des larmes aux yeux, ils crient qu’ils ont faim
Ils disent que je suis blanche, donc m genyen.
Anpil Ayisyen, Anpil Africain
N’ont pas cette chance de vivre si bien
Moi je dois donner mon cœur au monde entier
Tout mon amour à ces gens désespère.
Pre-Chorus
Every country in this world children are born into love
They are given a name, given a name, to lift them above
Chorus
Derrière mon, gen yen mon. Mais derrière moun gen yen moun
Je connais un homme par le nom, d’espérance
There are mountains to climb, but I will toss down a rope
To every boy and girl, in this world,
Living their lives…..on hope.
Verse 3 :
One summer, I found myself, outside Tel Aviv,
teaching Arab-Israeli girls how to read
They were 15 years old, I was 22,
They all wanted to tell me what they planned to do
Futures that sparkled so brightly in their eyes.
Me, I saw boundaries where they saw paradise
As I left, there was one, she stood by the door
She said, "My name means hope, that's what I’m living for."
Pre-Chorus
Every country in this world children are born into love
They are given a name, given a name, to lift them above
Chorus
Derrière mon, gen yen mon. Mais derrière moun gen yen moun
Je connais un homme. Son nom est espérance
There are mountains to climb, but I will toss down a rope
To every boy and girl, in this world,
Living their lives…..on hope.