Irrécuperables
Molodoï Lyrics
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Y'a tous les enfants perdus
L'orphelinat et la folie
Univers quotidien cru
Un petit corps recroqu'villé
Est sur son lit attaché
Il y a l'enfant aux os brisés
Qui ne casse pas de crier
Derrière la vitre du communisme
Socialisme triomphant
Y'a les mouloirs psychiatriques
Pour quelques milliers d'enfants
Un petit visage griffé
Dont le sang vient de sécher
Les enfants de Ceausescu
Ils sont tous devenus fous...
Dans les mouroirs de Roumanie
Quotidienne est la folie
Sur un sol d'excréments
Un gosse ici est dément
Les enfants de Ceausescu
Classés "irrécupérables"
Pavillon des enfants fous
Surgit d'un monde exécrable
NE-RE-CUPE-RABILI...
The lyrics of the song "Irrécupérables" by Molodoï describe the tragic situation of children in Romanian orphanages during the time of Ceausescu's communist regime. The first verse paints a bleak picture of the orphanage with lost and abandoned children, with a specific reference to a child with broken bones who cries out in pain. The chorus "Irrécupérables" emphasizes the hopeless situation of these children who have been deemed to be beyond saving.
The second verse describes the psychiatric wards where thousands of children were sent for treatment, but often ended up being abused and neglected. There is a reference to a child with a scratched face whose blood had dried up. The children of Ceausescu are portrayed as having gone insane due to the trauma and neglect they had endured. The final verse repeats the first verse, underscoring the cruelty and inhumane conditions that were a part of the everyday reality of children in Romanian orphanages.
Line by Line Meaning
Dans les mouroirs de Roumanie
In the hospitals of Romania
Y'a tous les enfants perdus
All the lost children are there
L'orphelinat et la folie
Orphanage and madness
Univers quotidien cru
Everyday cruel world
Un petit corps recroqu'villé
A small hunched body
Est sur son lit attaché
Is tied to his bed
Il y a l'enfant aux os brisés
There is a child with broken bones
Qui ne casse pas de crier
Who cannot stop crying
Irrécupérables... (2x)
Irretrievable...
Derrière la vitre du communisme
Behind the wall of communism
Socialisme triomphant
Triumphant socialism
Y'a les mouloirs psychiatriques
There are psychiatric hospitals
Pour quelques milliers d'enfants
For a few thousand children
Un petit visage griffé
A little scratched face
Dont le sang vient de sécher
Whose blood has just dried
Les enfants de Ceausescu
Ceausescu's children
Ils sont tous devenus fous...
They have all gone crazy...
Dans les mouroirs de Roumanie
In the hospitals of Romania
Quotidienne est la folie
Daily madness
Sur un sol d'excréments
On a floor of excrement
Un gosse ici est dément
A kid here is insane
Les enfants de Ceausescu
Ceausescu's children
Classés "irrécupérables"
Classified as "irretrievable"
Pavillon des enfants fous
Pavilion of crazy children
Surgit d'un monde exécrable
Emerges from a loathsome world
NE-RE-CUPE-RABILI...
IR-RE-TRIE-VA-BLE...
Contributed by Addison J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.