Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Le Tombeau Des Naïades , by - Claude Debussy. Release date: 31.12.2007
Song language: French
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Le Tombeau Des Naïades , by - Claude Debussy. Le Tombeau Des Naïades(original) |
| Le long du bois couvert de givre, je marchais; |
| Mes cheveux devant ma bouche |
| Se fleurissaient de petits glaçons |
| Et mes sandales étaient lourdes |
| De neige fangeuse et tassée |
| Il me dit: «Que cherches-tu?» |
| Je suis la trace du satyre |
| Ses petits pas fourchus alternent |
| Comme des trous dans un manteau blanc |
| Il me dit: «Les satyres sont morts |
| «Les satyres et les nymphes aussi |
| Depuis trente ans, il n’a pas fait un hiver aussi terrible |
| La trace que tu vois est celle d’un bouc |
| Mais restons ici, où est leur tombeau.» |
| Et avec le fer de sa houe il cassa la glace |
| De la source ou jadis riaient les naïades |
| Il prenait de grands morceaux froids |
| Et les soulevant vers le ciel pâle |
| Il regardait au travers |
| (translation) |
| Along the frost-covered wood I walked; |
| My hair in front of my mouth |
| Bloomed with little icicles |
| And my sandals were heavy |
| Muddy, packed snow |
| He said to me, "What are you looking for?" |
| I am the trace of the satyr |
| His little forked steps alternate |
| Like holes in a white coat |
| He said to me, "The satyrs are dead |
| "Satyrs and nymphs too |
| For thirty years there has not been such a terrible winter |
| The track you see is that of a goat |
| But let's stay here, where their tomb is." |
| And with the iron of his hoe he broke the ice |
| From the spring where the naiads once laughed |
| He was taking big cold chunks |
| And lifting them up to the pale sky |
| He was looking through |