Manizha Russian Woman Eurovision 2021

ThisRusskaya zhenshchina is on fire! Manizhawon Russia's Eurovision 2021 pick on International Women'due south Day with her song "Russian Woman", an empowering canticle recounting the journey of women in Russian federation.

Whorl down for "Russian Woman" lyrics

Russia in Eurovision 2021: Manizha "Russian Woman"

Manizha was born in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Afterward the Tajik Civil War, the family relocated to Moscow. She beginning dipped her toe in the music concern dorsum in 2009. Performing under the name Ru.Kola. She showed great promise with tracks like "Fail".

In 2018, she became the first Russian artist to be given the "Deezer Side by side" treatment. Deezer is a French-based music streaming service and their "Side by side" initiative highlights the music of select artists from around the globe through increased exposure in playlists. Her current and unique sound combines soul with traditional and electric flair. Despite all the mixing and matching, in a 2018 interview with wiwibloggs, she told us her music is "super simple, music from my heart, that's all". She also said it honours "realness" — making her a adult female of our ain heart.

What do the "Russian Adult female" lyrics mean?

Manizha says that "Russian Adult female" covers the journeying of the Russian woman over the past few hundred years. Women in Russia have gone through a lot and that'due south all visible through the song's lyrics. Manizha tells TASS that:

"The song is about the transformation of the identity of women in the last few centuries in Russia. She walked the unbelievable road from the izba [a traditional Slavic countryside dwelling] to the right to vote and exist voted on (as one of the first in the world), from the factory halls to the voyages into space. She was never afraid to stand confronting stereotypes and take the responsibility herself."

The song starts with a woman standing in a field. Until 1861, all Russian women worked every bit "serfs", a course of slavery, on fields owned by the Russian Emperor. In fact, about women still worked in the fields until the industrial revolution properly came to Russia in the 1920s. They ofttimes suffered from hunger and illnesses due to poor working conditions.

In Russian, the give-and-take for "field" and "battlefield" are synonymous. State of war has also played a huge office in the life of the Russian women of the 20th century. During both WWI and WWII, many families broke apart due to the hubby or father dying on the front. Often, Russian women only knew their husband or father had died when the ship or train carrying their regiment came dorsum without them.

Some Russian Eurovision fans have also interpreted the line "We are waiting for a send" to be a cross-reference to the archetype Russian fairytale Reddish Sails. In that story, a young woman waits for a ship with a prince to pick her up. In the song, Manizha sings most waiting for a transport and and so standing upwards and leaving. In Russian, this tin also mean "to get out of your bed" after a night's sleep, realising dreams are fiction.

A newer generation of Russian women also has to deal with new problems, which Manizha discusses quite extensively in the song. In a male person-centric lodge, Russian women nonetheless face up daily bigotry about the way they dress and for their personal life choices. One of the biggest societal expectations in mod-day Russia is the ideal of a woman existence extremely thin, married young, not likewise sexy, just not too boring either.

"Russian Adult female" sees Manizha questioning club's expectations towards women: "You're already by 30/ Hello? Where are the children?", "You are nice-looking overall/ But you lot should lose some weight".

Logically, a lot of women do not want others to decide their life. Manizha sings for them too. In the short time betwixt the 2nd verse and the bridge, she speaks against those who want to dictate her life: "Now, you should bear in mind/ I don't arraign you/ Simply I love myself damn difficult".

In the bridge, using singing from Russian folk styles, Manizha comes dorsum to the story of the destruction of state of war as well as other conflicts with men in Russian federation. But she tells Russian women that they are powerful, whether they piece of work on the field, in the factories or in the offices.  She sings that a broken family won't intermission them and that they are potent enough to break any wall. There's also references to the family: "Son without male parent, daughter without begetter, only a broken family unit, does not break me"

Russian Woman lyrics – Manizha (Russia ESC 2021)

Lyrics and music: Manizha, Ori Kaplan, and Ori Avni

Russian text

English language translation

Поле поле поле
Я ж мала
Поле поле поле
Так мала
Как пройти по полю из огня
Как пройти по полю если ты одна?
А-а-а?
Ждать ли чьей-то ручечки, ручки?
А-а-а?
Кто подаст мне ручку девочки?
Из покон веков
С ночи до утра
С ночи-ночи
Ждем мы корабля
Ждем мы корабля
Очень очень
С ночи до утра
Ждем мы корабля
Ждем бы корабля
А что ждать?
Встала и пошла.
Every Russian Adult female
Needs to know
You're potent enough, you're gonna suspension the wall
Шо там хорохорится?
Ой, красавица?
Ждешь своего юнца?
Ой, красавица
Тебе уж за 30
Ало? Где же дети?
Ты в целом красива
Но вот бы похудеть бы
Надень подлиннее
Надень покороче
Росла без отца
Делай то, что не хочешь
Ты точно не хочешь?
Не хочешь?
А надо.
Послушайте, правда.
Мы с вами не стадо
Вороны пщ-щ-щ пыщ-щ-щ
Отвалите
Теперь зарубите себе на носу
Я вас не виню
А себя я чертовски люблю
Борются, борются
Все по кругу борются
Да не молятся
Сын без отца
Дочь без отца
Но сломанной Family
Не сломать меня
You gonna
You gonna break the wall
Every Russian Woman
Needs to know
Yous're strong enough, you're gonna interruption the wall
Every Russian Adult female
Needs to know
You're strong enough, you're gonna break the wall
Hey, Russian woman
Don't exist afraid, girl
You're strong enough
Yous're strong enough
Don't exist afraid
Don't be afraid
Don't be afraid
Don't be agape
Борются, борются
Все по кругу борются
Да не молятся
Сын без отца
Дочь без отца
Но сломанной Family unit
Не сломать меня
Field, field, field
I'1000 so small
Field, field, field
I'm too small
How to cross a field though the burn?
How to cross the field if you're alone?
Heeeey?
Should I await for somebody's picayune manus?
Whaaat?
Who will requite me their helpful hand, girls?
For ages now
From night till dawn
From the deepest of the dark
We are waiting for a ship
We are waiting for a send
Very very much
From nighttime till dawn
We are waiting for a transport
We are waiting for a send
Very very much
But what'southward the look?
Stand upward, get alee!
Aha, aha!
Every Russian woman
Needs to know
You're strong plenty to bounce against the wall
What's the showing off for?
Oh, what a beauty y'all are!
Are you lot waiting for your young fella?
Oh, what a beauty you are!
Y'all're over 30 already!
Hello? Where are your kids?
You are quite fine overall
But losing weight would do y'all good
Vesture it a bit longer
Wear information technology a flake shorter
Grew upwardly without a father?
Exercise what y'all don't want to!
Are you sure you don't want it?
Don't want information technology?
Y'all should!
Heed up, actually!
We ain't a herd
Hey, crows, shoo!
Go out me alone
At present learn it by heart:
I don't arraign you
Merely damn do I beloved myself
They fight, ever fight
Everyone effectually is fighting
But they never pray
Son without a father
Daughter with no begetter
But this broken family unit
Can't suspension me
Every Russian Woman
Needs to know
Yous're strong plenty, you're gonna break the wall
Every Russian Woman
Needs to know
You're potent plenty, you're gonna break the wall
Hey, Russian woman
Don't be afraid, girl
You're strong enough
Yous're strong enough
Don't exist afraid
Don't exist afraid
Don't be afraid
Don't be agape
They fight, always fight
Everyone around is fighting
But they never pray
Son without a father
Daughter with no father
But this broken family unit
Can't break me

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Boosted reporting by Luis and Dayana.

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