| Face à moi
| In front of me
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| Se tenait un ange…
| There stood an angel...
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| Son regard hostile
| His hostile gaze
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| Semblait me haïr…
| Seemed to hate me...
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| Son corps, sculpté dans la pénombre
| Her body, sculpted in the half-light
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| Etait plus pâle encore
| Was even paler
|
| Que les ténèbres qui l’entouraient…
| That the darkness that surrounded him...
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| Aucun? | No? |
| il humain
| he human
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| N’aurait pu excaver
| Couldn't have excavated
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| L’obscurité profonde
| The deep darkness
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| De cet Abîme…
| From this Abyss...
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| Seule une âme
| only one soul
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| Est de taille à survivre
| Is strong enough to survive
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| Dans un endroit
| In a place
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| Tant rempli de souffrances…
| So full of suffering...
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| L’ange me fixait
| The angel stared at me
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| Et semblait vouloir boire
| And seemed to want to drink
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| A la source de mon âme
| At the source of my soul
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| Pourtant si anhydre…
| Yet so anhydrous...
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| Puis sans un geste
| Then without a move
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| Sans déclaration, aucune…
| Without declaration, no...
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| Il se retourna
| He turned around
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| Et s’enfonça dans la pénombre…
| And plunged into darkness...
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| M’humiliant par son mépris…
| Humbling me with his contempt...
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| Voulait-il tester ma force
| Did he want to test my strength
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| Ma volonté d’avoir choisi ce côté du miroir?
| My will to have chosen this side of the mirror?
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| Je savais pourtant que jamais
| Yet I knew that never
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| Je ne le reverrai…
| I will never see him again...
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| Je restais sans réponse
| I was left unanswered
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| Sans doute pour l'éternité…
| Probably for eternity...
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| Before me
| Before me
|
| Stood an angel…
| Stood an angel…
|
| Its hostile eye-look
| Its hostile eye-look
|
| Seemed to hate me…
| Seemed to hate me…
|
| Its body, shaped in penumbra
| Its body, shaped in penumbra
|
| Was even paler
| Was even paler
|
| Than the darkness surrounding it…
| Than the darkness surrounding it…
|
| No human eye
| No human eye
|
| Could have dug
| Could have dug
|
| The deep darkness
| The deep darkness
|
| Of this abyss…
| Of this abyss…
|
| Only a soul
| Only a soul
|
| Is able to survive
| Is able to survive
|
| In a place
| In a place
|
| Filled with so much pain…
| Filled with so much pain…
|
| The angel was staring at me
| The angel was staring at me
|
| And seemed to want to drink
| And seemed to want to drink
|
| From the source of my soul
| From the source of my soul
|
| Yet so acid…
| Yet so acid…
|
| Then without any movement
| Then without any movement
|
| Without any word…
| Without any words…
|
| It turned its back from me
| It turned its back from me
|
| And disappeared in darkness…
| And disappeared in darkness…
|
| Humiliating me by its scorn…
| Humiliating me by its scorn…
|
| Did it want to test my strength
| Did it want to test my strength
|
| My will for choosing this side of the mirror?
| My will for choosing this side of the mirror?
|
| Yet I knew that I would
| Yet I know that I would
|
| Never see it again…
| Never see it again…
|
| I remained without answer
| I remained without answer
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| Perhaps for eternity… | Perhaps for eternity… |