Zéphyr
French source:
Théodore de Banville
J’irais mourir sur votre bouche.
Ces voiles, j’en aurais la clé,
Si j’étais le Zéphyr ailé.
Près des seins, pour qui je brûlais,
Je me glisserais dans la couche.
Si j’étais le Zéphyr ailé,
J’irais mourir sur votre bouche.
Zephyr
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
I would fly to your lips and die.
I would possess the key to these veils,
Were I the winged Zephyr.
I would slide into your bed,
Nestling against the breasts that inflame me.
Were I the winged Zephyr,
I would fly to your lips and die.
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of A French Song Companion (Oxford, 2000)
Zéphyr
French source:
Théodore de Banville
Zephyr
English source:
Richard Stokes
Si j’étais le Zéphyr ailé,
Were I the winged Zephyr,
J’irais mourir sur votre bouche.
I would fly to your lips and die.
Ces voiles, j’en aurais la clé,
I would possess the key to these veils,
Si j’étais le Zéphyr ailé.
Were I the winged Zephyr.
Près des seins, pour qui je brûlais,
I would slide into your bed,
Je me glisserais dans la couche.
Nestling against the breasts that inflame me.
Si j’étais le Zéphyr ailé,
Were I the winged Zephyr,
J’irais mourir sur votre bouche.
I would fly to your lips and die.
Composer
Claude Debussy
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Poet
Théodore de Banville
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