A L'Horizon Lyrics in English by Kery James, Corneille
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song A L'Horizon by Kery James from French to English.
À l'horizon
On the horizon
À l'horizon
On the horizon
T'es incarcéré mais un beau jour
You're locked up but one fine day
Tu vas sortir
You're gonna get out
Te réinsérer et en fin de compte
Reintegrate and, in the end
Fonder un empire
Build an empire
Les regards accusateurs
Accusing looks
Tu t'en fous, tu les feras mentir
You don't give a damn, you'll prove 'em wrong
T'as le droit de devenir meilleur
You've got the right to get better
Toi qu'a toujours connu le pire
You who's always known the worst
L'espoir brille à l'horizon
Hope shines on the horizon
Laisse ses rayons t'éblouir
Let its rays dazzle you
Quelque soient tes lésions
Whatever your wounds
Tu finiras par guérir
You'll end up healing
Tes rêves peuvent encore courir
Your dreams can still run
Même en fauteuil roulant
Even in a wheelchair
L'espoir c'est comme un sourire
Hope's like a smile
Dans ton coeur il prend son élan
In your heart it gathers speed
Tu peux encore construire
You can still build
Même sur des ruines
Even on ruins
Tout recommencer
Start all over again
Partir et changer d'vie
Leave and change your life
Changer d'vie, changer d'ville
Change life, change city
Changer d'île, changer d'vision
Change island, change vision
Savoir ce que c'est
Know what it is
Que d'être libre
To be free
En t'évadant d'ta propre prison
By breaking out of your own prison
Le bonheur à l'horizon
Happiness on the horizon
Faut juste pas être peureux
You just can't be scared
On s'trouve facilement
We easily find
Des raisons
Reasons
Pour n'pas être heureux
Not to be happy
On s'invente des arguments
We make up excuses
Pour n'pas être deux
Not to be two
Quoique cache l'horizon
Whatever the horizon hides
Ça vaut l'coup d'être curieux
It's worth being curious
La victoire scintille à l'horizon
Victory sparkles on the horizon
Même si on perd nos poètes
Even if we lose our poets
Ton histoire élèvera ton nom
Your story will lift your name
Parti de peu, rien ne t'arrête
Starting from little, nothing stops you
Je te retrouverai
I'll find you again
Sur le chemin de notre liberté
On the road to our freedom
Je te retrouverai
I'll find you again
Sur le chemin de notre liberté
On the road to our freedom
Sur le chemin de notre liberté
On the road to our freedom
Sur le chemin de notre liberté
On the road to our freedom
Il ou elle est parti
He or she left
C'est p't'être que tout vous sépare
Maybe everything separates you
Tu retrouveras l'harmonie
You'll find harmony again
Dans un autre regard
In another gaze
Tu t'laisseras submerger
You'll let yourself be overwhelmed
Par un amour torrentiel
By a torrential love
Pour un feu allumé
For a fire lit
Il suffit parfois d'une étincelle
Sometimes one spark's enough
Un oeil sur ton gamin
An eye on your kid
Même si t'es seul à l'élever
Even if you're raising them alone
T'en feras quelqu'un de bien
You'll make them someone good
Meilleur que tu n'l'as été
Better than you've been
Même si t'as le coeur lourd
Even if your heart's heavy
Rêver ça rend léger
Dreaming makes you light
L'hiver finit toujours
Winter always ends
Par se faire chasser par l'été
Chased away by summer
Gardez vos déceptions
Keep your disappointments
Rendez-nous nos espoirs
Give us back our hopes
Ne parlez pas d'abandons
Don't talk about giving up
Rendez-nous nos victoires
Give us back our victories
Ne séchez pas nos larmes, non
Don't dry our tears, no
Rendez-nous nos sourires
Give us back our smiles
Le bonheur à l'horizon
Happiness on the horizon
Laissez-nous partir
Let us leave
La victoire scintille à l'horizon
Victory sparkles on the horizon
Même si on perd nos poètes
Even if we lose our poets
Ton histoire élèvera ton nom
Your story will lift your name
Parti de peu, rien ne t'arrête
Starting from little, nothing stops you
Je te retrouverai
I'll find you again
Sur le chemin de notre liberté
On the road to our freedom
Je te retrouverai
I'll find you again
Sur le chemin de notre liberté
On the road to our freedom
Sur le chemin de notre liberté
On the road to our freedom
Sur le chemin de notre liberté
On the road to our freedom
Notre passé
Our past
Notre geôlier
Our jailer
Notre honte
Our shame
Notre prison
Our prison
Notre mémoire
Our memory
Est sans pitié
Is merciless
Moitié plaie
Half wound
Moitié guérison
Half healing
À cette illusion
To the illusion
Qu'est la fatalité
That's fatalism
Tu sauras dire non
You'll know how to say no
Te réinventer
Reinvent yourself
Toi et le passé
You and the past
Dure amitié
Tough friendship
Mais la honte d'amour
But love's shame
Peut s'effacer
Can fade away
La victoire scintille à l'horizon
Victory sparkles on the horizon
Même si on perd nos poètes
Even if we lose our poets
Ton histoire élèvera ton nom
Your story will lift your name
Parti de peu, rien ne t'arrête
Starting from little, nothing stops you
Je te retrouverai
I'll find you again
Sur le chemin de notre liberté
On the road to our freedom
Je te retrouverai
I'll find you again
Sur le chemin de notre liberté
On the road to our freedom
Sur le chemin de notre liberté
On the road to our freedom
Sur le chemin de notre liberté
On the road to our freedom
Sur le chemin de notre liberté
On the road to our freedom
Sur le chemin de notre liberté
On the road to our freedom
Sur le chemin de notre liberté
On the road to our freedom
Sur le chemin de notre liberté
On the road to our freedom
À l'horizon
On the horizon
Notre liberté
Our freedom
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ALIX JULES MATHURIN, CORNEILLE NYUNGURA, SOFIA DE MEDEIROS, STANY ROGER KIBULU
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Hope glitters on the horizon in this uplifting collaboration between French rapper Kery James and the velvety-voiced Corneille. Speaking directly to anyone weighed down by prison walls, harsh neighborhoods, broken love or heavy memories, the song paints the horizon as a bright line where everything can begin again. It reminds us that even from ruins we can rebuild an empire, that dreams still run even in a wheelchair, and that a single spark of courage can light a roaring flame of change.
“À l’Horizon” is a call to escape our inner prisons and walk together toward freedom. Over a soulful chorus, Kery James insists we trade excuses for curiosity, shame for reinvention and resignation for victory. Each refrain—“Je te retrouverai sur le chemin de notre liberté”—promises that none of us has to travel that road alone. The result is a motivating anthem that turns pain into possibility and reminds every listener that happiness, victory and a brand-new life are only a few brave steps away.
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