Éblouie Par La Nuit Lyrics in English ZAZ

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Éblouie Par La Nuit by ZAZ from French to English.
Blinded by the night with deadly light
Brushing against cars, eyes like pinheads
I waited for you for 100 years in black and white streets
You came whistling
Blinded by the night with deadly light
Shooting cans, as lost as a ship
If I lost my mind, I loved you and even worse
You came whistling
Blinded by the night with deadly light
Should we love life or just watch it pass by?
From our nights of smoking, there's almost nothing left
Except your ashes in the morning
In this crowded metro, filled with life's dizziness
At the next station, little European
Put your hand, bring it down below my heart
Blinded by the night with deadly light
One last lap with the sea at the end
I waited for you for a hundred years in black and white streets
You came whistling
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SONG MEANING

Éblouie Par La Nuit plunges you into a cinematic after-dark Paris, where blinding streetlights and restless hearts pulse in the same rhythm. The singer wanders grayscale boulevards, rattling cans and skimming past speeding cars, waiting what feels like a hundred years for a mysterious whistler to appear. With every shimmer of dangerous light she wonders: Should we grab life by the throat or just watch it glide past? Smoke-clouded nights fade to ashes by morning, yet the promise of a reckless, soul-deep connection keeps her moving.

ZAZ’s gravelly voice turns these snapshots into a vivid urban fairytale. The song celebrates a love so intense it borders on madness: thrilling, fleeting, maybe even self-destructive, but impossibly alive. One last whirl around the dance floor, a metro that never really stops, and the ocean waiting at the edge of the city—everything feels infinite for a heartbeat. It is a hymn to nocturnal freedom, to loving fiercely in the face of uncertainty, and to being forever dazzled by the night.

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