Les Voleurs D'eau Lyrics in English Henri Salvador

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Les Voleurs D'eau by Henri Salvador from French to English.
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Ils détournent la rivière, là haut, là haut
They divert the river, up there, up there
Ils se moquent de nos misères, là haut, là haut
They make fun of our miseries, up there, up there
Si la soif nous affaiblie
If thirst weakens us
Et si nos sources sont taries
And if our sources are dried up
Tout l'eau, trop d'eau
All the water, too much water
Vont périr l'un après l'autre, là haut, là haut
Will perish one after the other, up there, up there
Il faut sortir nos fusils, là haut, là haut
We have to take out our guns, up there, up there
Il faut lutter pour nos vies
We must fight for our lives
Mais d'abord il nous faut parler
But first we need to talk
A ces gringos
To these gringos
Tantôt
Sometimes
Nos terres sont les plus fertiles
Our lands are the most fertile
C'est l'eau, c'est l'eau
It's water, it's water
Et nous vivions si tranquilles
And we lived so peacefully
De nos travaux
Of our work
Quand nous montions dans nos barques
When we got into our boats
Lorsque nous pêchions dans le lac
When we were fishing in the lake
Heureux, heureux
Happy, happy
Ils veulent construire un barrage
They want to build a dam
Là haut, là haut
Up there, up there
C'est la vallée qu'ils saccagent
It is the valley that they are ransacking
Là haut, là haut
Up there, up there
Ils inonderont nos villages
They will flood our villages
Et nous mettrons dans des cages
And we will put in cages
Là haut comme des corbeaux
Up there like crows
Nous devons les empêcher
We must prevent them
Là haut, là haut
Up there, up there
De détruire nos foyers
To destroy our homes
Si beaux, si beaux
So beautiful, so beautiful
Tous les hommes vont s'armer
All men will arm themselves
Toutes les femmes vont les aider
All the women will help them
Il faut de l'eau
You need water
Il faut de l'eau
You need water
Il faut de l'eau
You need water
De l'eau
water
Ils nous montrent des contrats
They show us contracts
C'est tout, c'est tout
That's all, that's all
Qui leur donnent tous les droits
Who give them all the rights
Sur nous, sur nous
On us, on us
Ils veulent nous rayer du temps
They want to erase us from time
Et puis du monde des vivants
And then from the world of the living
Pour de l'argent, l'argent
For money, money
Que ferions-nous dans leur ville
What would we do in their city
Tombeau, tombeau
Tomb, tomb
Comme des tigres qu'on exile
Like tigers that are exiled
Au zoo, au zoo
At the zoo, at the zoo
C'est pourquoi jusqu'au dernier
That's why until the last
Nous lutterons pour exister
We will fight to exist
Pour l'eau, pour l'eau, pour l'eau, pour l'eau
For water, for water, for water, for water
De l'eau, de l'eau, de l'eau
Water, water, water
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