Youkali Tango

Cest presquau bout du monde
(It was almost to the end of the world)
Ma barque vagabonde
(That my wandering boat)
Errant au gré de londe
(Straying at the will of the waves)
My conduisit un jour
(Led me one day)
Lîle est toute petite
(The isle is very small)
Mais la fée que lhabite
(But the kind fairy that lives there)
Gentiment nous invite
(Invites us)
A en faire le tour
(To take a look around)
Youkali
(Youkali)
Cest le pays de nos désirs
(Is the land of our desires)
Youkali
(Youkali)
Cest le bonheur, cest le plaisir
(Is happiness, pleasure)
Youkali
(Youkali)
Cest la terre où lon quitte tous les soucis
(Is the land where we forget all our worries)
Cest, dans notre nuit, comme une éclaircie
(It is in our night, like a bright rift)
Létoile quon suit
(The star we follow)
Cest Youkali
(It is Youkali)
Youkali
(Youkali)
Cest le respect de tous les voeux échangés
(Is the respect of all vows exchanged)
Youkali
(Youkali)
Cest le pays des beaux amours partagés
(Is the land of love returned)
Cest lespérance
(It is the hope)
Qui est au coeur de tous les humains
(That is in every human heart)
La délivrance
(The deliverance)
Que nous attendons tous pour demain
(We await for tomorrow)
Youkali
(Youkali)
Cest le pays de nos désirs
(Is the land of our desires)
Youkali
(Youkali)
Cest le bonheur, cest le plaisir
(Is happiness, pleasure)
Mais cest un rêve, une folie
(But it is a dream, a folly)
Il ny a pas de Youkali
(There is no Youkali)
Et la vie nous entraîne
(And life carries us along)
Lassante, quotidienne
(Tediously, day by day )
Mais la pauvre âme humaine
(But the poor human soul)
Cherchant partout loubli
(Seeking forgetfulness everywhere)
A, pour quitter la terre
(Has, in order to escape the world)
Se trouver le mystère
(Managed to find the mystery)
Où rêves se terrent
(In which our dreams burrow themselves)
En quelque Youkali
( In some Youkali)
Youkali
(Youkali)
Cest le pays de nos désirs
(Is the land of our desires)
Youkali
(Youkali)
Cest le bonheur , cest le plaisir
(Is happiness, pleasure)
Youkali
(Youkali)
Cest la terre où lon quitte tous les soucis
(Is the land where we forget all our worries)
Cest, dans notre nuit, comme une éclaircie
(It is in our night, like a bright rift)
Létoile quon suit
(The star we follow)
Cest Youkali
( It is Youkali)
Youkali
(Youkali)
Cest le respect de tous les voeux échangés
(Is the respect of all vows exchanged)
Youkali
(Youkali)
Cest le pays des beaux amours partagés
(Is the land of love returned)
Cest lespérance
(It is the hope)
Qui est au coeur de tous les humains
(That is in every human heart)
La délivrance
(The deliverance)
Que nous attendons tous pour demain
(We await for tomorrow)
Youkali
(Youkali)
Cest le pays de nos désirs
(Is the land of our desires)
Youkali
(Youkali)
Cest le bonheur, cest le plaisir
(Is happiness, pleasure)
Mais cest un rêve , une folie
(But it is a dream, a folly)
Il ny a pas de Youkali
(There is no Youkali)
Mais cest un rêve, une folie
(But it is a dream, a folly)
Il ny a pas de Youkali
(There is no Youkali)