If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one
Drying in the color of the evening sun
Tomorrow's rain will wash the stains away
But something in our minds will always stay

Perhaps this final act was meant
To clinch a lifetime's argument
That nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could

For all those born beneath an angry star
Lest we forget how fragile we are

On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star
Like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are
How fragile we are

On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star
Like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are
How fragile we are
How fragile we are
How fragile we are


Si le sang s'écoule quand la chair et l'acier ne font qu'un
En séchant dans la couleur du crépuscule
La pluie de demain lavera toutes les taches
Mais une chose restera toujours présente dans nos esprits
Peut-être que cette action finale était faite
Pour mettre fin à la dispute d'une vie entière
Mais rien ne nait de la violence et ne pourra jamais en
naitre
Pour tout ceux, nés sous une étoile en colère
De peur que nous oublions à quel point nous sommes
fragiles

Sans relâche, la pluie tombera
Comme des larmes d'une étoile, comme des larmes d'une
étoile
Sans relâche, la pluie répétera
A quel point nous sommes fragiles, à quel point nous sommes
fragiles

Sans relâche, la pluie tombera
Comme des larmes d'une étoile, comme des larmes d'une
étoile
Sans relâche, la pluie répétera
A quel point nous sommes fragiles, à quel point nous sommes
fragiles

"Fragile" is a song written and performed by English musician Sting from his second studio album ...Nothing Like the Sun. Released as a single the following year, it placed to number 70 on the UK Singles Chart. Sung additionally in both Spanish and Portuguese under the titles "Fragilidad" and "Fragil", it appeared twice more on his 1988 EP variant of the album, Nada como el sol. The Spanish version features as a b-side to "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying".

The song is a tribute to Ben Linder, an American civil engineer who was killed by the Contras in 1987 while working on a hydroelectric project in Nicaragua