Tendrement enlacés, ma chère bien‑aimée
Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)
Tendrement enlacés, ma chère bien-aimée
Nous nous étions assis dans un esquif léger,
Et par le calme soir, nous nous laissions nager
Sur les moires d'une eau limpide et parfumée.
L'île mystérieuse où vivent les esprits,
Dessinait vaguement ses formes anguleuses;
Sous la lune flottaient des danses nébuleuses,
Et des sons sensuels d'instruments désappris
Et la ronde toujours reserrait sa spirale
Et les sons devenaient plus suaves toujours
Et pourtant nous voguions abandonnés au cours
De l'onde sans espoir sous la lueur astrale.
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Tenderly intertwined, my dearly beloved
Language: English after the French (Français)
Tenderly intertwined, my dearly beloved,
We sat down in a small skiff,
And, in the calm evening, we let ourselves float
On the ripples of clear and perfumed waters.
The mysterious island where the spirits lives
Sketches vaguely its angular forms;
Under the moon floats nebulous dances
And somber sounds of unremembered instruments.
Et la ronde toujours resserrait sa spirale
And its sound became sweeter still,
And yet we sailed on, abandoned to the course
Of the wave, without hope under the starry light.
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