by
Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974)
Chant de la pitié
Language: French (Français)  after the Hebrew (עברית)
Available translation(s): ENG
Dans les champs de Bethléem, une pierre
se dresse solitaire, antique tombe.
Mais dès que minuit sonne, on voit
une Beauté quitter sa demeure souterraine
pour venir sur la terre.
Là voilà qui chemine silencieuse
vers le Jourdain. Là voilà qui silencieusement
contemple les ondes sacrées.
Une larme tombe alors de son oeil pur
dans les ondes paisibles du fleuve.
Et doucement les larmes s'écoulent
l'une après l'autre, tombent dans le Jourdain,
emportées entrainées
par le mystère des eaux.
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Song of Pity
Language: English  after the French (Français)
In the fields of Bethlehem a stone
stands upright, solitary: an ancient tomb.
But as soon as midnight sounds, one sees
a beauty leave her underground dwelling
to come up onto the earth.
Behold her as she makes her way silently
toward the Jordan. See her silently
contemplate the sacred currents.
A tear falls then from her pure eye
into the peaceful currents of the river.
And gently the tears run
one after another, fall into the Jordan,
carried away, drawn away
by the mystery of the waters.
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