In these confined times we've settled down a bit
Away from the frantic races we've opened our eyes
To this troubled era, it feels good sometimes
To start thinking again even if it's not by choice
So between the cries of children and school work
Between masks and gloves, between fear and anger
Seeing the leaders freak out in their confused management
In these confined times, we ask ourselves questions

And now
And now

And if this virus had many other virtues
Than that of attacking our vulnerable lungs
If it also tried to restore our sight
On our ways of life that have become harmful
If we have to save our lives by staying at home
We finally let the earth recover what we took from it
Nature makes its law by reclaiming its rights
Avenging our arrogance and our contempt
And is it a coincidence if this vile virus
Does not attack the youngest, does not reach the children
It targets the adults responsible for this world

It condemns our excesses and spares the innocent
This world of adults has become so frail
The established order has exploded into pieces
Earthlings remember that they are human and fragile
And maybe feel it's time to start over
And if this virus had many other powers
Than that of attacking our breathing
If it also tried to restore our memory
On the forgotten values behind our ambitions
We suddenly discover ourselves similar, united
All in the same boat to face the virus
It was a little less the case to fight poverty
We were less united to welcome the Aquarius
And if this virus had the enormous gift of reminding us what is really essential

Travel, outings, money are no longer the norm
And from our windows we relearn to look at the sky
We have time for family, we slow down work
And even with the outside we strengthen ties
We reinvent our rituals, full of ideas, of finds
And every day we check on our elders
And if this virus showed us who the real heroes are
Those who were already toiling in our distant thoughts
It is only now that they make the headlines
While the CAC 40 is in quarantine

Long before Corona the hospital was suffocating
It coughed up misery and saturation
Our leaders discover that there is cause for concern
Now that there is a queue in intensive care
We suddenly recognize those who help us live
When the state suffocates all our public services
Those who clean the streets, who transport and deliver
We rediscover the transparent ones of the republic

And now
And now

So when this virus leaves as it came
What will remain of all its side effects?
What will we have gained with all that we have lost
Will our dead have had a salutary fate?

And now
And now
And now
And now

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