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B1 · Episode 2 · 4:28

Welcome to Bobo-Dioulasso

This song paints evocative scenes of dawn in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, and nightfall in Bogotá, Colombia, weaving together themes of distance, memory, and longing for someone far away.

Source：Ron Sagaton · License：CC BY 4.0

Transcript

  1. Le jour se lève sur Bobo Dioulasso.

    Daybreak arrives over Bobo Dioulasso.

  2. Le jour se lève, il fait déjà bonjour.

    The day has dawned; it’s already warm.

  3. De toi. C'est comment, là

    How are things with you?

  4. bas? Hier encore on était

    Over there? Just yesterday we were still

  5. Jouant dans la rue sans penser

    playing in the street, thinking of nothing.

  6. à rien. Un coin de ciel bleu.

    Just a patch of blue sky.

  7. Un an déjà que tu.

    It’s already been a year since you left.

  8. Tu avais juré, tu avais promis.

    You swore an oath; you made a promise.

  9. Et vous vois par la mer.

    Yet you gaze out toward the sea.

  10. Déjà sans nouvelles de toi.

    Already, no news from you.

  11. Sans le son de ta voix,

    Without the sound of your voice—

  12. trop chaude. Au fond de la mer.

    too hot—deep down in the sea.

  13. La nuit descend sur Bogotá.

    Night falls over Bogotá.

  14. Les premiers moustiques masticotent la peau.

    The first mosquitoes are biting the skin.

  15. Dans des nouvelles de toi.

    In news about you.

  16. Est ce que ça va là bas

    Are you alright over there?