| La tristesse éternelle d’un ange sur la terre,
| The eternal sadness of an angel on earth,
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| De grandes fontaines de larmes coulant à l’infini,
| Great fountains of tears flowing endlessly,
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| Les yeux noirs de cet être, fixant la pierre,
| The black eyes of this being, staring at the stone,
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| Tombée d’une sculpture durant la nuit.
| Fallen from a sculpture during the night.
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| L’enfer a doucement touché notre sol,
| Hell has gently touched our ground,
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| Mais de la mort il est si las,
| But of death he is so weary,
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| Que même le paradis le désole,
| That even heaven desolates him,
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| Mourir pour cet empire de glace?
| Die for this ice empire?
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| De roses est recouvert le tombeau,
| With roses is covered the tomb,
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| Que foulera l’ange mélancolique,
| That the melancholy angel will trample,
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| Sa main encore posée sur le berceau,
| His hand still resting on the crib,
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| De sa triste sculpture idyllique.
| From his sad idyllic sculpture.
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| (Translation)
| (Translation)
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| (Amidst the Graves)
| (Amidst the Graves)
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| (Music and Lyrics by Hylgaryss)
| (Music and Lyrics by Hylgaryss)
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| The eternal sadness of an angel on earth
| The eternal sadness of an angel on earth
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| Huge fountains of tears flowing eternally
| Huge fountains of tears flowing eternally
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| The black eyes of this being staring at the piece of stone
| The black eyes of this being staring at the piece of stone
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| Fallen from a sculpture in the night
| Fallen from a sculpture in the night
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| Hell has softly touched the ground
| Hell has softly touched the ground
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| But of Death he is so tired
| But of Death he is so tired
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| That even Paradise makes him sad
| That even Paradise makes him sad
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| Am I to die for that frozen empire?
| Am I to die for that frozen empire?
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| Roses cover the tomb
| Roses cover the tomb
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| That shall be trodden by the melancholic angel
| That shall be trodden by the melancholic angel
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| His hand still on the cradle
| His hand still on the cradle
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| Of its sad idyllic sculpture.
| Of its sad idyllic sculpture.
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| (Translated from french by Pandora) | (Translated from french by Pandora) |