by
Guy de Pourtalès (1881 - 1941)
Au fond des eaux ton père repose
Language: French (Français) after the English
Au fond des eaux ton père repose
ses os seront du corail rose
ses yeux des perles devenus
de lui rien ne sera perdu
car l'eau marine bientôt le change
en une chose riche, étrange
Sonnez songlas nymphes marines
Chut! chut!
écoutez-les!
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- by Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955), "Premier chant d'Ariel", H. 48B no. 1 (1923), published 1925 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from 2 Chants d'Ariel, no. 1
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Your father rests at the bottom of the...
Language: English after the French (Français)
Your father rests at the bottom of the sea.
His bones will become pink coral,
his eyes pearls.
Nothing of his shall be lost,
for the seawater will soon change them
into something rich and strange.
Toll his knell, sea nymphs.
Shh! Shh!
Listen to them!
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