☝️ Key Points
- The song is about a chance encounter with destiny on a bench
- The protagonist asks destiny for hope and tells about an encounter with an unlucky woman
- Destiny suggests to the protagonist to seek forgetfulness and follow it
- The protagonist asks for a place to meet the woman and destiny responds with the name 'Cloé'
- The song also addresses the injustice of people who don't attach importance to chance
Interpretation
The lyrics of the song 'Le hasard' by
Salvatore Adamo are about a chance encounter with destiny. The protagonist coincidentally meets destiny, who observes him sitting on a bench. Destiny captures him and tells him that he smells of sadness and despair, while representing destiny itself.
Destiny suggests to the protagonist to seek forgetfulness and follow it. The protagonist knows the games of destiny, but has nothing to wager. He knows that the wind can take him wherever it wants.
The protagonist asks destiny for hope, as he might find some hope in one of its drawers. He tells destiny about an encounter with a woman on the street who is tired of her monotonous life. He asks destiny for a rose or a random flower that he could give to her.
The protagonist asks destiny for a place where he could peacefully tell the woman that he is there by chance. Destiny responds with the name 'Cloé' and suggests that they forget the unfortunate encounter and remember each other on another evening.
The protagonist thanks destiny and criticizes the injustice of people who have always told him not to leave anything to chance.
The lyrics of the song 'Le hasard' by Salvatore Adamo thus deal with the chance encounter with destiny and the protagonist's wishes for hope and a happier life.