What do the lyrics of the song "Fulenn" mean in French?

With

, the song by the group Alvan and Ahez, France now has a catchy and catchy song to represent it at Eurovision next May.

But it's also a song that has the specificity of being entirely in the Breton language, a region from which the group originates.

“It's a language we've been ashamed of for a very long time.

Now, it is a real pride to be able to bring it to Eurovision, ”said Marine Lavigne, one of the members of Ahez, with emotion, after their victory on Saturday evening.

But what do the lyrics mean in French?

“'Fulenn' means 'spark' and 'pretty girl'.

It's the fire, the passion, the dance, the party,” she explains.

But still ?

In the translation, which the group unveiled on its Instagram account, we discover that it is a story of female emancipation through the story of a girl "who dances with the devil".

"Disregarding wild beasts, I dance"

“E teñvalijenn ar c’hoadeier e tiwan an noz/Ar stered a deu war-wel en hiboud direpoz/Ur skeud benel a droidell ouzh skleurenn ur flamboz”.

This is the first verse of the song which sets the scene and which means in French: "In the darkness of the woods germinates the night/The stars appear in the rustling without rest/A female shadow twirls in the light of a torch”.

They continue: “Oc'h ober fae deus ar fall loened e tañsan/Me bak an tan en o lagad leun a droukc'hoant/Ha da dreiñ 'n'añ en ur c'han da gan' a-unvan”.

In French: "Disregarding the wild beasts I dance / I steal the fire from their gaze full of lust / And change it into a song to be sung in unison".

Then comes the chorus (if you had to learn only one piece of the song, it would be this one): “Dañsal a ra gant an diaoul ha para?

Dañsal a ran gant an diaoul ha para?

".

In other words: “She is dancing with the devil, so what?

I dance with the devil, so what?

» Either the story of a girl who does what she wants and has fun all night long if she wants to, completely ignoring the gaze of others.

We fully validate.

To find the full translation, click here.

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Eurovision 2022: France will be represented by Alvan and Ahez and their song in Breton, "Fulenn"

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