Les anges
French source:
Patrice Contamine de Latour
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.
The angels
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
Unfurling their long veils,
Angels hover in the clear heavens:
Lilies floating among the stars.
Lutes quiver beneath their fingers,
Lutes with a heavenly harmony,
Like incense their voices rise
Calmly up to the boundless vault.
Below – the thunder of briny waves,
Night on all sides spreads its veils.
Angels hover in the clear heavens:
Lilies floating among the stars.
Les anges
French source:
Patrice Contamine de Latour
The angels
English source:
Richard Stokes
Vêtus de blancs, dans l'azur clair,
Clothed in white in the bright blue sky,
Laissant déployer leurs longs voiles,
Unfurling their long veils,
Les anges planent dans l'éther,
Angels hover in the clear heavens:
Lys flottants parmi les étoiles.
Lilies floating among the stars.
Les luths frissonnent sous leurs doigts,
Lutes quiver beneath their fingers,
Luths à la divine harmonie.
Lutes with a heavenly harmony,
Comme un encens montent leurs voix,
Like incense their voices rise
Calmes, sous la voûte infinie.
Calmly up to the boundless vault.
En bas, gronde le flot amer;
Below – the thunder of briny waves,
La nuit partout étend ses voiles,
Night on all sides spreads its veils.
Les anges planent dans l'éther,
Angels hover in the clear heavens:
Lys flottants parmi les étoiles.
Lilies floating among the stars.
Composer
Erik Satie
Éric Alfred Leslie Satie was a French composer and pianist. An influential artist in the Parisian avant-garde, Satie's work can be considered a precursor to later movements such as minimalism, repepitive music, and the Theatre of the…
