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Laissez briller le soleil (translation: Let the Sun Shine) was the Belgian entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 in Dublin performed by Reynaert.

The song is a plea to "let the sun shine" on those less fortunate than oneself.

It was performed 16th on the night following Norway and preceding Luxembourg. At the close of voting, it finished in 18th place with 5 points, all from the French jury.

Lyrics[]

Ooh… des milliards d’humains sur terre
Cherchent la lumière
Brûler des feux de l’enfer
Ooh… leurs idées qu’on assassine
Dans des camps, dans des mines
Emprisonner le soleil

Ooh… moi, je sais que ça fait mal
Ooh… tu vois tout n’est pas normal

Ooh… dans les rues et dans les gares
Le fond du désespoir
De ceux qui ont froid l’hiver

Ooh… et tous ces mioches qu’on mutile
Pour mendier l’inutile
Wue pensent-ils du soleil?

Ooh… moi, je sais que ça fait mal
Ooh… tu vois tout n’est pas normal

Ooh… que ferons-nous de la terre
S’il n’y reste que des pierres
À lancer dans l’univers?

Ooh… si nos folies meurtrières
Pouvaient enfin se taire
Laissez briller le soleil

Whoa… le soleil
Laissez briller le soleil (Oui, le soleil)
Laissez briller le soleil (Oui, le soleil)
Laissez briller le soleil

Ooh… billions of humans on earth
Search the light
To burn fierce fires
Ooh… their ideas, which are murdered
In camps, in mines
To imprison the sun

Ooh… I know that it hurts
Ooh… you see everything isn’t normal

Ooh… in the streets and in the stations
The bottom of despair
Of those who are cold in the winter

Ooh… and all those toddlers that are mutilated
For begging the useless
What do they think of the sun?

Ooh… I know that it hurts
Ooh… you see everything isn’t normal

Ooh… what will we do with the earth
When only stones are left
To be launched into the universe?

Ooh… if our fatal madness
Could finally be kept silent
Let the sun shine

Whoa… the sun
Let the sun shine (Yes, the sun)
Let the sun shine (Yes, the sun)
Let the sun shine

Eurovision Song Contest 1988
Participants
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Songs
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Videos[]

Belgium_🇧🇪_-_Eurovision_1988_-_Reynaert_-_Laissez_briller_le_soleil

Belgium 🇧🇪 - Eurovision 1988 - Reynaert - Laissez briller le soleil