Par Choix Ou Par Hasard Lyrics in English Calogero

Par Choix Ou Par Hasard paints a vibrant portrait of France as a patchwork of contrasts: glittering roundabouts and silent night trains, yellow wheat fields and towering apartment blocks, wine glasses raised in October and candles lit in sorrow. Calogero, a French singer with Italian roots, strings together snapshots of daily life to show that being French is less about a single story and more about millions of overlapping stories. From Marcel Cerdan to Mohamed Ali, from the Pont des Arts to Calais, the song celebrates a land where churches, temples and minarets share the skyline and where protests, pageants and poetry all have a place.

At the heart of the chorus—“c’est par choix ou par hasard” (“it’s by choice or by chance”)—lies a simple idea: identity can be inherited, sought out or stumbled upon, yet it binds everyone in the same human adventure. Whether you arrived in the 1950s like the singer’s father or were born on a sandy beach yesterday, you help write the evolving definition of France. The result is a hopeful, inclusive anthem that urges listeners to see unity in diversity and to take pride in the shared melody of their differences.