COMMENT CA VA ? Lyrics in English Kery James

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song COMMENT CA VA ? by Kery James from French to English.
The sun buried itself under the rubble
The moon nestled in its arms
The stars have lost their shine
And you ask me
How I'm doing
The sun buried itself under the rubble
The moon nestled in its arms
The stars have lost their shine
And you ask me
How I'm doing
I've seen numbers
Unnamed dead
Truth on the front line
I've seen exiles with no destination
Live on your knees, die undignified
When the world has
Sealed lips
And it slams the door in your face
Even clowns
Lose their smile
They find a thousand reasons to die
The sun buried itself under the rubble
The moon nestled in its arms
The stars have lost their shine
And you ask me
How I'm doing
The sun buried itself under the rubble
The moon nestled in its arms
The stars have lost their shine
And you ask me
How I'm doing
When justice plays shy
And love ends up in mourning
We build ourselves a hybrid happiness
Millions feel alone
Hospitals
Turn into cemeteries
Blood makes the rivers run red
I saw peace on a stretcher
Its face whitened with dust
Lost in mass graves
Reason can't find a platform anymore
I saw blood on the dove
Heard I love yous
Under the bombs
The sun buried itself under Gaza
Truth on the front line
The moon nestled in its arms
Live on your knees or die with dignity
The stars have lost their shine
And you ask me
How I'm doing
The sun buried itself under Goma
Hospitals turn into cemeteries
The moon nestled in its arms
Blood makes the rivers run red
The stars have lost their shine
And you ask me
How I'm doing
The sun buried itself under the rubble
The moon nestled in its arms
The stars have lost their shine
And you ask me
How I'm doing
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SONG MEANING

Imagine someone greeting you with a casual “How’s it going?” while the sky is literally falling. That is the jarring contrast at the heart of “COMMENT ÇA VA ?” by French rapper Kery James. The song paints a dark panorama where the sun hides under rubble, the moon curls up in sorrow, and the stars lose their shine. These poetic images reflect real-world tragedies: war-torn Gaza, crisis-stricken Goma, nameless exiles, hospitals turning into graveyards. Each verse piles up scenes of injustice, loneliness, and broken peace, making the simple question “Comment ça va?” feel almost absurd.

Yet Kery James is not only cataloguing despair. By repeating the polite greeting against such grim backdrops, he exposes our tendency to look away, to keep conversations light while the world burns. The track is a wake-up call that urges listeners to swap indifference for empathy and to recognize the hidden pain behind everyday pleasantries. In short, “COMMENT ÇA VA ?” transforms a routine phrase into a mirror that forces us to face global suffering—and maybe to answer the question with meaningful action instead of empty words.

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