Eurovision 2023: What do the French lyrics to La Zarra’s song Evidemment mean in English?
La Zarra brings Hollywood glamor to Liverpool this Eurovision season.
The 35-year-old musician is representing France at this year’s song competition. As one of the Big Five – Britain, France, Spain, Italy and Germany – La Zarra is headed straight for the grand finale of the Eurovision Song Contest this weekend.
The bombastic event takes place on Saturday night (12 May) at the city’s M&S Bank Arena, where delegates from across Europe (and Australia) gather in hopes of being crowned Eurovision 2023 champions.
La Zarra – real name Fatima-Zahra Hafdi – is a self-taught musician who delivers a real Parisian disco queen with Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe and Edith Piaf and a pinch of Lady Gaga.
Born in Montreal to French-speaking Canadian parents, La Zarra rose to fame in 2021 with the platinum-certified single “Tu t’en iras” (“You’ll Go”).
However, for the Eurovision Song Contest, La Zarra will perform another of her songs entitled Évidement, which she co-wrote with Benny Adam.
The track features additional star power including legendary producers Banx and Ranx. The duo has collaborated with pop sensations such as David Guetta, Dua Lipa and Ellie Goulding.
The song, whose title means “Obviously” in English, is performed entirely in French.
(PA cable)
If you’re interested in what the lyrics mean, you can check out both the French and English versions below:
Proof (English)
My heart, my hand, my eyes, my hips
I don’t own anything anymore
i kill myself
To give them life
And pretend it’s nothing
In my hell garden
The plants are watered with dreams and tears
Even at the top of the highest mountain you cannot touch the sky
//
Apparently
All these promises I hear go away like the wind
Apparently
It’s always calm before the storm, don’t forget that
//
It’s always too good to be true
But never too ugly to be unreal
This little girl I was will never be the same
//
I trade my future to get my past back
But time is treacherous
I’m looking for love
But never find it
Like a lost key
//
It’s not clear in my head
i want the truth
But I keep avoiding it
Even at the top
//
Maybe you’re on top of the world
Even so, your finger will not touch the sky
//
Apparently
All these promises I hear go away like the wind
Apparently
It’s always calm before the storm, don’t forget that
It’s always too good to be true
But never too ugly to be unreal
This little girl I was will never be the same
//
because i sing
mine and your life
A little romance
As I stand naked in front of you
give me a chance
//
from you to me
From me to you
Didn’t I make it?
Sing Great France
//
It’s always too good to be true
But never too ugly to be unreal
This little girl I was will never be the same
Apparently
Evidemment (French)
My heart, my reins, my reins
Plus rien ne m’apartient
J’me fais du mal pour
Fair you bie
J’oublie comme si c’n’était rien
//
In my garden
Poussent des fleurs
Que j’arrose de mes rêves de mes pleurs
//
On a beautiful journey in the evening of the world
You can’t touch the space you do
Proof
All these beautiful things they promise me
C’n’est que du vent
//
Proof
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C’est c’qu’on oublie
//
It’s just a nice day to meet you
But there’s no reason why it’s wrong
Proof
There is nothing better than me
This avant-garde woman
//
I’m still selling time, I’m here
Time is an assassin
i love my love
I found it
Comme dans mon sac a main
//
Then it’s obvious
I’m looking for truth
All in all
//
On a beautiful journey in the evening of the world
You can’t touch the space you do
Proof
All these beautiful things they promise me
C’n’est que du vent
//
Proof
There is nothing better than me
This avant-garde woman
//
Car moi je chante
Ma vie la vôtre
And a little romance
Je suis nue devant vous
Donnez-moi donc une chance
//
De vous a moi
De moi a vous
Ai-je réussi à chanter
A chanter la Grande France
//
That’s all we have to do to learn more
There’s no reason why it’s wrong
Proof
There is no plus
Jamais la meme
This avant-garde woman
Proof
