Oh! Quand je dors
Oh! quand je dors, viens aupre's de ma couche,
comme a' Pe'trarque apparaissait Laura,
Et qu'en passant ton haleine me touche...
Soudain ma bouche
S'entr'ouvrira!
Sur mon front morne ou' peut-otre s'ache've
Un songe noir qui trop longtemps dura,
Que ton regard comme un astre se le've...
Soudain mon rove
Rayonnera!
Rayonnera!
Puis sur ma le'vre ou' voltige une flamme,
Eclair d'amour que Dieu mome e'pura,
Pose un baiser, et d'ange deviens femme...
Soudain mon eme
S'e'veillera!
S'e'veillera!
Oh viens, comme a' Pe'trarque apparaissait Laura!
Oh! When I Sleep
Oh, when I sleep, approach my bed,
as Laura appeared to Petrach;
and when in passing, your breath touches me...
suddenly my lips
will part!
On my glum face, where perhaps is ending
a dark dream which lasted too long,
as your glance like a star arises...
suddenly my dream
will become radiant!
Then on my lips, where a flame is fluttering,
a flash of love that God has kept pure,
place a kiss, and from an angel, become a woman...
suddenly my soul
will be awakened!
Oh come, as to Petrarch appeared Laura!
comme a' Pe'trarque apparaissait Laura,
Et qu'en passant ton haleine me touche...
Soudain ma bouche
S'entr'ouvrira!
Sur mon front morne ou' peut-otre s'ache've
Un songe noir qui trop longtemps dura,
Que ton regard comme un astre se le've...
Soudain mon rove
Rayonnera!
Rayonnera!
Puis sur ma le'vre ou' voltige une flamme,
Eclair d'amour que Dieu mome e'pura,
Pose un baiser, et d'ange deviens femme...
Soudain mon eme
S'e'veillera!
S'e'veillera!
Oh viens, comme a' Pe'trarque apparaissait Laura!
Oh! When I Sleep
Oh, when I sleep, approach my bed,
as Laura appeared to Petrach;
and when in passing, your breath touches me...
suddenly my lips
will part!
On my glum face, where perhaps is ending
a dark dream which lasted too long,
as your glance like a star arises...
suddenly my dream
will become radiant!
Then on my lips, where a flame is fluttering,
a flash of love that God has kept pure,
place a kiss, and from an angel, become a woman...
suddenly my soul
will be awakened!
Oh come, as to Petrarch appeared Laura!