Comme un éclair
Language: French (Français)
Comme un éclair la flateuse espérance
brille à mes yeux et semble voltiger
en moi renaît le calme et l’assurance
Je ne vois plus qu'à l’ombre du danger
calme trompeur hélas vaine assurance
comme un éclair léger bientôt s’envole
et s’éteint l’espérance
et je revois l’image du danger.
Comme un éclair la flateuse espérance
brille à mes yeux et semble voltiger
pour la saisir mon coeur s’élance
elle s’enfuit comme un songe léger.
Comme un éclair...
Note: the modern spelling of "flateuse" is "flatteuse" (lines 1-1 and 2-1)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Like a flash of lightning", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Like a flash of lightning
Language: English after the French (Français)
Like a flash of lightning, flattering hope
shines before my eyes and seems to flit about;
peace and self-assurance are reborn within me.
I no longer see the shadow of danger;
deceptive peace, alas, vain self-assurance,
like a fickle flash of lightning soon flies away
and hope is extinguished
and I see again danger's image.
Like a flash of lightning, flattering hope
shines before my eyes and seems to flit about;
in order to catch her my heart rushes forward;
she flees like a fickle dream.
Like a flash of lightning,...
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2019 by Garrett Medlock, (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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