Si Lyrics in English ZAZ

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Si by ZAZ from French to English.

If I were the friend of the good Lord

If I knew the prayers

If I had blue blood

The gift to erase and redo everything

If I were a queen or a magician

Princess, fairy, great captain

Of a noble regiment

If I had the steps of a giant

I would turn the sky into misery

All tears into rivers

And would make flowers bloom in the sands

Where even hope slips away

I would sow utopias

Bending would be forbidden

No longer would we avert our eyes

If I had thousands and hundreds

The talent, the strength or the charms

Of masters, of the powerful

If I had the keys to their souls

If I knew how to take up arms

In the fire of an army of titans

I would light flames

In the extinguished dreams of children

I would add colors to sorrows

I would invent Edens

For the unlucky, for the starless, for the least of all

But I only have a heart in rags

And two hands stretched out like twigs

A voice that the wind chases in the morning

But if our bare hands come together

Our millions of hearts together

If our voices united

What winters could resist?

A strong world, a sister earth

We will build in these ashes

Little by little

Crumb by crumb

Drop by drop

And heart by heart

Little by little

Crumb by crumb

Drop by drop

And heart by heart

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SONG MEANING

“Si” invites us into a vivid day-dream where Zaz imagines herself as a goddess, queen, or giant able to erase misery with a sweep of her hand. Line after line, she paints fantastical pictures: tears turning into rivers, deserts bursting with flowers, lost hopes reborn in technicolor. Each “Si j’étais…” (If I were) verse piles on another wish, celebrating the limitless creativity of human imagination when we picture a kinder world.

Yet the song quickly brings us back to earth. Zaz admits she owns no crown, no magic, “just a ragged heart and twig-thin hands.” The turning point arrives when she realizes that while one person may be powerless, millions of ordinary hearts united can outlast any winter. The closing chant builds like a human chain: “peu à peu, miette à miette, goutte à goutte, et cœur à cœur” (little by little, crumb by crumb, drop by drop, and heart to heart). The message is clear and uplifting – grand change begins with small, shared gestures, and together we can rebuild a brighter world from the ashes. 🎶💕

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