Afrobeats pop · TWOLODY ORIGINALS
Mangoes on the Fire Escape
“Mangoes on the Fire Escape” brings together English and French. Its musical genre is Afrobeats pop.
Lyrics & translation ↓
English ↔ French
About this song
The first paired lines are “The grid goes dark tonight.” and “Le réseau s'éteint ce soir.”. Read the complete lyrics in both languages below, then follow the same phrases in the player.
Neighbors share ripe mangoes on a fire escape while a blackout cancels their competing dinner parties. Afrobeats pop, 98 BPM, interlocking guitars, syncopated percussion, light bass, agile male melody
Learn with this song
Listen to each line and compare its translation. Use Twin to switch to the same phrase in the other language; use Echo to recall its meaning before revealing the translation.
Two languages. One melody.
Lyrics & translation
Verse
The grid goes dark tonight.
Le réseau s'éteint ce soir.
Iron stairs feel warm and wide.
L'escalier de fer semble chaud et large.
Parties die in the quiet hall.
Les fêtes meurent dans le couloir silencieux.
Silent rooms and empty plates.
Pièces muettes et assiettes vides.
Chorus
Sweet mangoes in the dark.
Mangues sucrées dans le noir.
Sharing fruit on the iron landing.
Partageant les fruits sur le palier de fer.
Sweet mangoes in the dark.
Mangues sucrées dans le noir.
Sharing fruit on the iron landing.
Partageant les fruits sur le palier de fer.
Verse
Competing chefs give up the fight.
Chefs rivaux abandonnent la lutte.
Summer air holds us both close.
L'air d'été nous serre de près.
Golden juice drips on the metal.
Le jus doré coule sur le métal.
Candles flicker in the neighbor's window.
Les bougies vacillent à la fenêtre du voisin.
Chorus
Sweet mangoes in the dark.
Mangues sucrées dans le noir.
Sharing fruit on the iron landing.
Partageant les fruits sur le palier de fer.
Sweet mangoes in the dark.
Mangues sucrées dans le noir.
Sharing fruit on the iron landing.
Partageant les fruits sur le palier de fer.
Verse
No music plays behind the doors.
Aucune musique derrière les portes.
We taste the sun at midnight.
On goûte le soleil à minuit.
A blackout saved our lonely hearts.
Une panne a sauvé nos cœurs solitaires.
Ripe orange pulp under the stars.
Pulpe orange et mûre sous les étoiles.
Chorus
Sweet mangoes in the dark.
Mangues sucrées dans le noir.
Sharing fruit on the iron landing.
Partageant les fruits sur le palier de fer.
Sweet mangoes in the dark.
Mangues sucrées dans le noir.
Sharing fruit on the iron landing.
Partageant les fruits sur le palier de fer.
