Vêtus de blancs, dans l'azur clair,
Laissant déployer leurs longs voiles,
Les anges planent dans l'éther,
Lys flottants parmi les étoiles.
Les luths frissonnent sous leurs doigts,
Luths à la divine harmonie.
Comme un encens montent leurs voix,
Calmes, sous la voûte infinie.
En bas, gronde le flot amer;
La nuit partout étend ses voiles,
Les anges planent dans l'éther,
Lys flottants parmi les étoiles.
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- ENG English (Chelsea Green) , "The angels", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 12
Word count: 65
Dressed in white, in the blue sky,
They extend their long veils.
The angels glide in the ether,
Lilies floating among the stars.
Lutes quiver under their fingers,
Lutes of divine harmony.
Like incense their voices rise,
Calm, under the infinite vault.
Below, the bitter wave roars;
The night spreads its veils too.
The angels glide in the ether,
Lilies floating among the stars.
