Si Lyrics in English ZAZ

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Si by ZAZ from French to English.

If I were the good Lord's friend

If I knew the prayers

If I had blue blood

The gift to wipe it clean and do it all over

If I were a queen or a magician

Princess, fairy, mighty captain

Of a noble regiment

If I had a giant's stride

I'd pour some sky into misery

All tears into a river

And I'd make the sands bloom

Where even hope slips away

I'd sow utopias

Bending would be banned

Nobody would look away anymore

If I had thousands and thousands

The talent, the strength, or the charms

Of the masters, of the mighty

If I had the keys to their souls

If I knew how to take up arms

In the fire of a titan army

I'd spark some flames

In the faded dreams of children

I'd color every sorrow

I'd invent Edens

For the luckless, the starless, the nobodies

But I've only a heart in rags

And two twig-thin outstretched hands

A voice the wind sweeps off at dawn

But if our bare hands join

Our millions of hearts together

If our voices joined

What winters could resist?

A strong world, a soulmate earth

We'll build within these ashes

Little by little

Crumb by crumb

Drop by drop

And heart to heart

Little by little

Crumb by crumb

Drop by drop

And heart to heart

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SONG MEANING

“Si” invites us into a vivid day-dream where Zaz imagines herself as a goddess, queen, or giant able to erase misery with a sweep of her hand. Line after line, she paints fantastical pictures: tears turning into rivers, deserts bursting with flowers, lost hopes reborn in technicolor. Each “Si j’étais…” (If I were) verse piles on another wish, celebrating the limitless creativity of human imagination when we picture a kinder world.

Yet the song quickly brings us back to earth. Zaz admits she owns no crown, no magic, “just a ragged heart and twig-thin hands.” The turning point arrives when she realizes that while one person may be powerless, millions of ordinary hearts united can outlast any winter. The closing chant builds like a human chain: “peu à peu, miette à miette, goutte à goutte, et cœur à cœur” (little by little, crumb by crumb, drop by drop, and heart to heart). The message is clear and uplifting – grand change begins with small, shared gestures, and together we can rebuild a brighter world from the ashes. 🎶💕

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