Les Lionnes Lyrics in English Yannick Noah

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Les Lionnes by Yannick Noah from French to English.
Carry the water
Carry life
From the sky to your bucket
Day and night
It's gold
In your hands
Every passing day
Makes the earth more tired
Carry the water
Carry it well
Above all, be careful
Don't spill anything
Make the effort
You know it well
Every passing day
Makes the earth more tired
But you know lionesses
Are truly queens
They give their love
And never take it back
The sun overwhelms them
Increases their pain
Yes, you know lionesses
Are truly, truly queens
Carry the water
Carry life
You must bend your back
For a little rain
It's gold
In your hands
Every passing day
Makes the earth more tired
But you know lionesses
Are truly queens
They give their love
And never take it back
The sun overwhelms them
Increases their pain
Yes, you know lionesses
Are truly, truly queens
Hope returns
It's the life they bring back
In their well-filled buckets
Tired but always serene
Of the earth and men
They are the guardians
Yes, you know lionesses
Are truly, truly queens
Yes, you know lionesses
Are truly, truly queens
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SONG MEANING

Les Lionnes invites us to walk the dusty paths of a sun-scorched land where women stride with buckets of water balanced on their heads. Yannick Noah turns their daily chore into a heroic quest: the water they carry is “gold in their hands,” a fragile treasure that keeps villages alive. With every step, the earth grows more tired, yet these women keep moving, shoulders bent, spirits unbroken.

In the chorus Noah crowns them “lionesses” – proud queens whose love flows freely and is never taken back. The blazing sun may exhaust them, but their determination restores hope and life to everyone around them. By the end of the song, the message is clear: these women are the quiet guardians of both land and humanity, proving that true royalty is found in resilience, compassion, and everyday courage.

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