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SKU: A0.1310127
By David Warin Solomons. By David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Contemporary,Singer/Songwriter. Full Performance. Duration 295. David Warin Solomons #899265. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.1310127).Poem by Bluma Finkelstein
music composed and performed by David W Solomons
(alto and guitar) - recently remastered by Soundops
The English translation in brackets below is a fairly literal one for non-French speakers
La nuit à l'heure où
l'obscure tranche du temps
(At night, when the
dark slice of time)
couvre le jour
Et appelle le sommeil
(covers the day
and calls for slumber)
La nuit je m'en vais
sur les mornes chemins
de ma vie
(At night I go down the
gloomy paths of my life)
A la recherche des illusions
(in search of illusions)
Je voudrais t'emmener
hors de la terre
(I would like to take you
away from the earth)
t'emporter loin
sur l'océan paisible
du rêve
(carry you far away on
the peaceful ocean of dreams)
barque solitaire
s'arrachant a la pesanteur
(solitary boat
breaking free from gravity)
souffle mystérieux
(mysterious breath of wind)
perçant la nappe
immobile du ciel
(piercing the motionless
cloth of the sky)
je voudrais t'emmener
hors des âges
(I would like to take you
beyond the ages)
te lancer dans
le ciel fuyant
(cast you into
the fleeing heavens)
incessant effort de
dépassement
(ceaseless endeavour
to exceed ourselves)
je voudrais t'emmener
hors de l'espace
(I would like to take you
outside space)
sentir ton corps nu
(feel your naked body)
trembler doucement
contre mon corps
(trembling gently
against mine)
deux rayons de soleil
(two sunbeams)
deux caresses éternelles volées à Dieu
(two eternal caresses stolen from God)
je voudrais t'emmener
hors du temps
(I would like to take you
outside time)
et mesurer mon amour
en années lumière
(and measure my love
in light-years).
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