Ma Lune Lyrics in English Zaho

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Ma Lune by Zaho from French to English.
I looked for you, I was aiming for the moon
You met me, heart in the mist
When love deserted my island
I wrote between the hammer and the anvil
I wasn't born into fortune
My only wealth is my family, my customs
I make gold with my records and my pen
And you'll be eternal in my posthumous plans
Eyes won't be unanimous
Yet closing my eyes is easy
I pretended, I faced the wind
But in the mirror I only see a child
Is it better to be anonymous
I don't know anymore who loves me or who wrecks me
What'll be left with time?
With time
I'm not making these words up for you
You're my moon, I see only you
I'm not making these words up for you
You're my moon, my moon and you light me up
My past is nothing but a field of ruins
I walk between shells and mines
Far from my Algeria, in exile
I dreamed her people triumphed, Amine
The ending's never like in the movies
In every script you'd be my heroine
I picked the rose despite the thorn
In the middle of the living room, my son draws me
No, without you my life would have no rhyme
I wouldn't have all the hope that drives me
I'd have less soul and fewer feelings
I'd never have met my child's father
Too many wounds in the abyss
If they censor me, I turn mime
Lots of love in the blood
Cut the sound, I love you, Naïm
I'm not making these words up for you
You're my moon, I see only you
I'm not making these words up for you
You're my moon, my moon and you light me up
I'm not making these words up for you
You're my moon, I see only you
I'm not making these words up for you
You're my moon, my moon and you light me up
Each their own moon, each their own destiny
Each their own fortune
Each of us has at least somebody
Who lights up their asphalt
Heal my aches, give me your hand
Lend me your pen
Like Indochine, when nothing's certain
I ask the moon, my moon
I'm not making these words up for you
You're my moon, I see only you
I'm not making these words up for you
You're my moon, my moon and you light me up
Outro
Each their own moon, each their own destiny
Each their own fortune
Each of us has at least somebody
Who lights up their asphalt
Heal my aches, give me your hand
Lend me your pen
Like Indochine, when nothing's certain
I ask the moon, my moon
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SONG MEANING

“Ma Lune” is Zaho’s heartfelt love letter to the person who keeps her orbit steady. She looks back on a childhood without riches, an exile far from her native Algeria, and the lonely glare of fame. Through all the chaos — the “douilles et les mines,” the critics’ stares, and the bruises of the heart — one constant light guides her: ma lune, her moon. This moon is lover, muse, and guardian rolled into one, inspiring the gold of her records and the words of her pen, giving her courage to face the mirror and see more than a lost child.

The song widens from an intimate confession to a universal wink at every listener. Zaho reminds us that chacun sa lune — everyone has their own guiding light, that special someone (or something) bright enough to illuminate cracked sidewalks and soothe old wounds. With atmospheric melodies and tender French-Arabic imagery, “Ma Lune” glows as an anthem of resilience, gratitude, and the quiet power of love that keeps us all from drifting into darkness.

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