Formidable English Translation - Stromae

Formidable in English
Reviewed/Translated by Stromae
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Formidable, formidable
Wonderful, wonderful
Tu étais formidable, j'étais fort minable
You were wonderful, I was pathetic
Nous étions formidables
We were wonderful together
Formidable
Wonderful
Tu étais formidable, j'étais fort minable
You were wonderful, I was pathetic
Nous étions formidables
We were wonderful together

Eh bébé, oups : mademoiselle
Hey baby, oops : miss
Je veux pas vous draguer, promis, juré
I don't want to hit on you, I promise, I swear
Je suis célibataire, depuis hier, putain !
I am single, since yesterday, fuck! 
Je peux pas faire d'enfant, et bon c'est pas... eh revient !
I can't have a kid, and well it's not... hey come back!
5 minutes quoi je t'ai pas insulté, je suis poli, courtois
5 minutes, what? I didn't insult you, I'm polite, courteous
Et un peu fort bourré mais pour les mecs comme moi
And a bit pissed but for the guys like me
Vous avez autre chose à faire, vous m'auriez vu hier
You have other things to do, you should have seen me yesterday
Où j'étais...
Where I was...

The Haitian Revolution

Haiti occupies the western portion of Hispaniola 

The French colony of Saint-Domingue (Haiti) is an intriguing case within the history of the world. Did you know Haiti is the only sovereign country formed from a slave uprising? It's also the first black-led republic ever established (1804).  More often than not, students of French have extensive knowledge the French revolution and then are clueless about the Haitian one. To make yourself a more well rounded individual, keep reading and see if you learn something new today. At the bottom of this article, I present a nice documentary (versions in French or English) on the matter.

The first Europeans to arrive onto the island of Hispaniola were the Spaniards. Disease and brutal treatment of the people ravaged the native population. As the Spaniards moved on to bigger and better conquests (Mexico for example) the French to slowly (and illegally) settled onto the island. The western third of the island was later given to France to end hostilities between the two nations via the Treaty of Ryswick (1697). The colony of Saint-Domingue was born.

The small colony became more profitable than the 13 United States combined. The French increased their reliance upon slave labor and devised a network (later known as the Triangle Trade) to move slaves and goods between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Sugar, which was a commodity for the wealthy, would be cultivated within the colony, exported exclusively to France and then sold to neighboring countries for ten times the profit. By 1789, Saint-Domingue produced 3/4's of the world's sugar and was a top producer in coffee. In fact, it was the world's richest colony and the busiest trade center within the new world, receiving over 1,597 ships.

Unfortunately, an economic powerhouse such as Haiti was designed off of the blood, sweat, and tears of slave labor. Slaves made up 90% of the colony's population. One in three slaves (mostly from Africa) died within his or her first three years of labor. The people in Haiti needed a hero.