Nid de guêpes
Akhenaton Lyrics

Ma sœur était belle
The singer's sister was a beautiful girl.

Depuis toute jeune entre ses lèvres des perles
From a young age, the singer's sister had a beautiful smile.

Une chevelure ébène où les regards s'perdent
Her hair was so dark and beautiful that people couldn't help but look at her.

Les sourires d'ma mère évaporés
Since her daughter's abduction, the artist's mother can no longer smile.

Depuis c'jour où sur le ch'min de l'école
On the day the artist's sister was abducted on her way to school

trois types l'ont enlevés brusquement de c'monde
Three men abducted her sister from the world violently.

Et dans mes mains c'journal immonde
The singer possesses his sister's journal filled with terrible experiences.

A quoi bon rêver, j'peux plus dormir
The artist can't dream or sleep anymore.

Dire qu'elle ne verra plus le soleil s'lever
The artist's sister will never see another sunrise.

Tout l'monde s'désintéresse de c'qu'elle était
No one cares about who she was anymore.

Faut croire que la tristesse des riches est plus émouvante que la notre
The sadness of the wealthy is apparently more poignant than their own grief.

Maman s'demande bien d'où vient la faute
The mother wonders where things went wrong.

D'une voix fluette récite les prières
The mother prays with a shaky voice.

Mais la croix d'vant ses yeux, elle figée reste muette
Despite the cross in front of her, the mother remains silent and immobile.

Et moi j'parcoure les pages du livre songeant à papa
The singer reads through the journal and thinks about their father.

Son diplôme d'ingénieur et qui pose du carrelage pour survivre
Their father is an engineer who must resort to laying tiles to make ends meet.

Vie ordinaire dans une ville roumaine
Their family's life was unremarkable in a Romanian town.

J'veux pas d'pitié
The singer rejects pity.

Ceux qui meurent à la fin c'est toujours les mêmes
It's always the same people who die in the end.

Ils l'ont emmenés un soir d'avril
The men abducted the sister on an April evening.

Et moi j'l'ai vue rentrer c'matin les yeux clos au pays
The sister returned lifeless to her home country.

Nid d'guêpes
This phrase means nest of wasps and could be a symbol for the dark and dangerous world of sex trafficking.

Sur les trottoirs modernes à l'Ouest
The dangerous world of sex trafficking exists even on modern Western streets.

Dans les rues d'Milan, en vitrine à Amsterdam
This problem exists in cities like Milan and Amsterdam where it's often more visible.

Dans un bordel sordide au Kosovo dans les bras d'un soldat d'la NATO
Trafficking can happen in places like Kosovo, where a NATO soldier might be part of the problem.

Dans les montagnes d'Albanie et d'Calabre
Trafficking also occurs in more remote places in Albania and Calabria.

Là où la loi d'l'Etat en place n'est pas valable
These traffickers take advantage of places where there isn't a strong government presence.

Leur voiture fonçait dans la banlieue d'Bucarest
The traffickers' car was speeding through the outskirts of Bucharest.

Elle dans l'coffre, un arrêt rapide dans une usine glauque
The traffickers stopped at a dark factory with the sister in the trunk of their car.

Transférée dans l'compartiment réfrigéré d'un 16 tonnes
The traffickers put the sister in the back of a refrigerated 16-ton truck.

Ils l'ont forcés à boire 2 litres d'huile d'olive pour tenir le choc
The traffickers forced her to drink olive oil to help her survive.

Première amputation par moins 30, celle de l'esprit
The first thing to go in this abusive process is the mind.

Et voir les autres filles doucement quitter cette vie, une à une
The artist observes other girls slowly leaving this life, one by one.

Voyager deux jours avec le corps d'Ilona sur les jambes
They had to travel for two days while Ilona's body was still with them.

Elle était morte, et la salive gelée au coin des lèvres
Ilona died and had saliva frozen at the corner of her mouth.

A l'école de danse elle était bonne élève
The sister was a good student at a dance school.

Eux l'ont jetés dans une poubelle quand ils les ont fait descendre
They threw the sister in the trash when they got out of their vehicle.

Elle est restée dans c'camps à s'faire souiller jusqu'au mois d'décembre
She remained in the camp, getting worse every day until December.

Elles étaient cent, traitées comme du bétail
The sister was one of a hundred girls, all treated like animals.

Machine à briser les rêves
This is a machine that destroys dreams.

Marquées au fer à l'effigie du clan
The traffickers brand the girls like animals to show ownership.

Priant, criant, anciens militaires pouilleux et soûls comme clients
Clients include former soldiers, many of whom are drunk.

Terrorisée par des représailles
The girls are afraid of retaliation if they try to escape.

Rendue docile par les m'naces et un orteil arraché à la t'naille
The traffickers use threats and violence, even cutting off a toe, to make the girls obedient.

L'ouest et ses vitrines cossues
The artist refers again to the West with its shiny storefronts.

Ses gens pervers et clients qui croient tout s'permettre
Clients who think they can get away with anything go to these stores.

De la terre maîtres, qu'ils aillent en Enfer s'faire mettre
The singer wants them to go to Hell for their actions in the world.

Ma sœur n'a pas eue sa chance
The artist's sister never had a chance in life.

C'était une môme enviant parfois le sort d'nos frères qui font l'aumône
The sister sometimes envied her brothers who were begging for money.

Rome puis Bruxelles, puis G'nève et puis Bonn
The sister moved around to different European cities.

Enfin Paris et la Riviera, Nice prêt d'la place Massena
She finally arrived in Paris and then to the Riviera in Nice near Place Massena.

Sac, jupe courte et blouson d'cuir d'bout sous un dracena
She wore a short skirt, a leather jacket, and had a bag under a Dracaena plant.

A cacher la tune gagnée dans une cabine d'téléphone
She would hide the money she made in a phone booth.

Yeux tristes dans l'étreinte de gens sans amour
She would have sad eyes as she engaged with people who didn't care about her.

De gens sans avenir, de gens sans atours
These people had no future or worth.

Gens qui la serrent mais à ses cries demeurent sourds
They might hold her tight, but they never listened to her cries.

Canon sur la tempe, hommes de l'ombre cruel
Men in the shadows hold the sister at gunpoint to keep her submissive.

Hommes impitoyables qui obéissent à la loi séculaire du canon
These men have no mercy and follow the law of the gun.

La police française m'a donnée son journal
The French police gave the sister's journal to the singer.

Et chaque ligne que j'suis mes yeux m'en disent plus même si j'me fais du mal
The artist's eyes hurt from reading the horrible contents, but they learn more with each line.

Claudia Iliescu, ma sœur 20 ans à peine
The singer's sister was Claudia Iliescu and only 20 years old.

Décédée d'un excès d'rêve sous un abris bus
The sister died from an overdose of drugs and dreams under a bus shelter.