Videoclip
Rica
I used to rule the world
– E tabata goberná mundu
Seas would rise when I gave the word
– E lamannan lo lanta ora mi duna palabra
Now in the morning, I sleep alone
– Awor mainta mi ta drumi mi so
Sweep the streets I used to own
– Barka e kaya ku mi tabata tin
I used to roll the dice
– E tabata tira dado
Feel the fear in my enemy’s eyes
– Mi ta sinti miedu den wowo di mi enemigu
Listened as the crowd would sing
– Ora mi a tende e multitut kantando
“Now the old king is dead, long live the king”
– “Awor e rei bieu ta morto, biba e rei”
One minute I held the key
– Un minüt mi a haña e yabi
Next, the walls were closed on me
– Despues e murayanan a sera riba mi
And I discovered that my castles stand
– I mi a haña ku mi kastilanan ta pará
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
– Riba pilarnan di sal i pilarnan di arena
I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
– Mi ta tende e kandela di Herusalèm soná
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
– Koronan di kavaleria romano ta kantando
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
– Mi sa mi spiel, mi spada i mi escudo
My missionaries in a foreign field
– Mi misioneronan den un kampamentu stranhero
For some reason, I can’t explain
– Pa un of otro motibo, mi no por splika esaki
Once you’d gone, there was never
– Ora bo a bai, nunka no tabatin
Never an honest word
– Nunca un palabra honesto
And that was when I ruled the world
– I ta e ora ei mi a goberná mundu
It was a wicked and wild wind
– E tabata un bientu malbado i feroz
Blew down the doors to let me in
– El a kibra e portanan pa laga mi drenta
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
– Bentana kibrá i sonido di tambor
People couldn’t believe what I’d become
– Hende no por a kere den loke mi a bira
Revolutionaries wait
– E revolucionarionan ta spera
For my head on a silver plate
– Pa mi kabes riba un plato di plata
Just a puppet on a lonely string
– Solamente un marioneta riba un solo corda
Oh, who would ever want to be king?
– Ken lo ke bira rei?
I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
– Mi ta tende e kandela di Herusalèm soná
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
– Koronan di kavaleria romano ta kantando
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
– Mi sa mi spiel, mi spada i mi escudo
My missionaries in a foreign field
– Mi misioneronan den un kampamentu stranhero
For some reason, I can’t explain
– Pa un of otro motibo, mi no por splika esaki
I know Saint Peter won’t call my name
– Mi sa Ku San Pedro lo no bisa mi nòmber
Never an honest word
– Nunca un palabra honesto
But that was when I ruled the world
– Pero esei tabata ora mi tabata goberná mundu
Hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing
– Tende e kandela di Herusalèm bati
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
– Koronan di kavaleria romano ta kantando
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
– Mi sa mi spiel, mi spada i mi escudo
My missionaries in a foreign field
– Mi misioneronan den un kampamentu stranhero
For some reason, I can’t explain
– Pa un of otro motibo, mi no por splika esaki
I know Saint Peter won’t call my name
– Mi sa Ku San Pedro lo no bisa mi nòmber
Never an honest word
– Nunca un palabra honesto
But that was when I ruled the world
– Pero esei tabata ora mi tabata goberná mundu
