Si le ciel est ton pays et ton pere
Language: French (Français) after the French (Français)
Si le ciel est ton pays et ton pere,
Si l'Ambrosi' est ton vin savoureus,
Si Venus est ta delicate mere,
Si tu te pais de Nectar bienheureus,
Que viens tu fair' (ô cruel) en la terre?
Pourquoy viens tu habiter dans mon sein?
Pourquoy fais tu contre mes os la guerre?
Pourquoy bois tu mon pauvre sang humain?
Pourquoy prend tu de mon coeur nourriture?
O fis d'un Tigre, o cruel animal:
Hé que tu es de mechante nature!
Je suis à toy, pourquoy me fais tu mal?
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- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , title 1: "If heaven is your homeland and your father", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 89
If heaven is your homeland and your father
Language: English after the French (Français)
If heaven is your homeland and your father,
if ambrosia is your sweet wine,
if Venus is your delicate mother
and if you feast on blessed nectar,
what are you doing here on Earth, o cruel one?
Why have you come to live in my breast?
Why do you war against my bones?
Why do you drink my poor human blood?
Why do you feed on my heart?
Son of a tiger, cruel animal,
you are wicked!
I am yours - why are you hurting me?
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2000 by Faith J. Cormier, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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