Malheur, Malheur Lyrics in English GIMS

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Malheur, Malheur by GIMS from French to English.

Tonight, I’m going home alone, like yesterday, the day before

Feels like the world’s giving me dirty looks

It’s so cold outside, sun, where are you

If only I could hit him back

Hit him back

I remember the advice my dad used to give

“Look left and right right before you cross”

Yeah but, Dad, you know, I look everywhere, even in the air

I didn’t see it coming, my enemies are behind me

My enemies are behind me

Poor me, I was born here

I tried to accept it, they told me “That’s how it is”

Poor me, I saw those horns in the night

Dad told me “Say nothing ’cause here, that’s how it is

’Cause here, that’s how it is

Peace only lasts the time it takes them to reload their guns

Change’s just a plan, I saw it on the table

You’d better be reckless to hope for a truce

No, say no more, I’m sketching my dreams

I’m sketching my dreams

Poor me, I was born here

I tried to accept it, they told me “That’s how it is”

Poor me, I saw those horns in the night

Dad told me “Say nothing ’cause here, that’s how it is

’Cause here, that’s how it is

Maybe in ten years I’m a grandpa

And equality’s just a chimera

Who’s the stranger on the stretcher

And you who claim you suffered

The mountains told me about the earth

Then the earth told me about the sea

And the sea just told the forests

That we remind it of our ancestors

Poor me, I was born here

I tried to accept it, they told me “That’s how it is”

Poor me, I saw those horns in the night

Dad told me “Say nothing ’cause here, that’s how it is

Poor me, I was born here

I tried to accept it, they told me “That’s how it is”

Poor me, I saw those horns in the night

Dad told me “Say nothing ’cause here, that’s how it is

’Cause here, that’s how it is

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Gandhi Djuna, Renaud Rebillaud, Guy-Herve Imboua

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chimère — chimera

Chimère translates to "chimera" in English. It refers to a mythical creature composed of parts of various animals, but more commonly, it signifies an illusion, a fantasy, or an impossible dream.

In the song, GIMS uses it to express a sense of disillusionment, stating that "l'égalité n'est qu'une chimère" (equality is just a chimera). This powerful word highlights the idea that equality is an unattainable ideal, making it a poignant and memorable choice.

Malheur, Malheur drops us into GIMS’s late-night walk through a city where danger hides in every shadow. He feels the world’s eyes judging him, remembers his father’s warning to look both ways, yet still senses enemies sneaking up from behind. The refrain “Malheur à moi, je suis né ici” (“Woe to me, I was born here”) repeats like a somber heartbeat, pointing to a place where guns pause only to reload and where equality is dismissed as a fantasy.

Amid the gloom, a spark of resistance glows. When speaking out is risky, GIMS chooses to draw his dreams, sketching visions of peace that ripple from mountains to oceans. The song is a confession wrapped in a hypnotic beat, urging us to confront injustice while holding tight to hope, even in a world that keeps insisting “c’est ainsi” — “that’s just how it is.”

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