Aveuglé Lyrics in English by Hiro
Aveuglé means "blinded" in French. While it can refer to physical blindness, it's often used metaphorically to describe being so overwhelmed by an emotion, like love or desire, that one loses judgment or perspective.
In Hiro's song, the artist sings, "Tu m'as rendu tebê, entêté, aveuglé" (You made me foolish, stubborn, blinded). This powerful word perfectly captures the intensity of his feelings, suggesting he's so captivated by someone that he's lost his way, making it a compelling word for learners.
Hiro spends this whole song losing an argument with himself. The hook is the confession: "Tu m'as rendu tebê, entêté, aveuglé" [You've made me stupid, stubborn, blinded], and the first word he reaches for, tebê, is not French at all. He calls her "Mon fruit défendu" [My forbidden fruit], then says the unflattering part in the same breath: "je veux t'aimer puis t'oublier" [I want to love you and then forget you]. He knows exactly what he is doing and does it anyway.
Then the refrain changes language. "Na lingi yé eyi awa" [I want her, right here] is Lingala, and it repeats until it stops working like a sentence and starts working like a pulse. That split is the song. French carries the flirting and the excuses, the slow "doucement, doucement" [slowly, slowly] of someone talking himself into it. Lingala carries the one thing he cannot talk himself out of.
