Songs

Si vous me disiez que la terre
Were you to tell that the earth
À tant tourner vous offensa,
Offended you with so much turning,
Je lui dépêcherais Pança:
I'd dispatch Panza to deal with it:
Vous la verriez fixe et se taire.
You'd see it still and silenced.

Si vous me disiez que l'ennui
Were you to tell me that you are wearied
Vous vient du ciel trop fleuri d'astres,
By a sky too studded with stars -
Déchirant les divins cadastres,
Tearing the divine order asunder,
Je faucherais d'un coup la nuit.
I'd scythe the night with a single blow.

Si vous me disiez que l'espace
Were you to tell me that space itself,
Ainsi vidé ne vous plaît point,
Thus denuded was not to your taste -
Chevalier dieu, la lance au poing.
As a god-like knight, with lance in hand,
J'étoilerais le vent qui passe.
I'd sow the fleeting wind with stars.

Mais si vous disiez que mon sang
But were you to tell me that my blood
Est plus à moi qu'à vous, ma Dame,
Is more mine, my Lady, than your own,
Je blêmirais dessous le blâme
I'd pale at the admonishment
Et je mourrais, vous bénissant.
And, blessing you, would die.

Ô Dulcinée.
O Dulcinea.