Translation of the song lyrics Le Retour - Maria-Ricarda Wesseling & Nathalie Dang, Lili Boulanger, Nathalie Dang

Le Retour (original)

Ulysse part la voile au vent
Vers Ithaque aux ondes chéries
Avec des bercements la vague roule et plie
Au large de son coeur la mer aux vastes eaux
Où son oeil suit les blancs oiseaux
Egrène au loin des pierreries
Ulysse part la voile au vent
Vers Ithaque aux ondes chéries!
Penché oeil grave et coeur battant
Sur le bec d’or de sa galère
Il se rit, quand le flot est noir, de sa colère
Car là-bas son cher fils pieux et fier attend
Après les combats éclatants
La victoire aux bras de son père
Il songe, oeil grave et coeur battant
Sur le bec d’or de sa galère
Ulysse part la voile au vent
Vers Ithaque aux ondes chéries

(translation)

Odysseus sets sail to the wind
Towards Ithaca with cherished waves
With rocking the wave rolls and bends
Beyond her heart the sea of ​​vast waters
Where his eye follows the white birds
Scattered away from the gems
Odysseus sets sail to the wind
To Ithaca with cherished waves!
Bend down grave eye and beating heart
On the golden beak of his galley
He laughs, when the flood is black, at his anger
For there his dear pious and proud son awaits
After the fierce battles
Victory in the arms of his father
He thinks, grave eye and beating heart
On the golden beak of his galley
Odysseus sets sail to the wind
Towards Ithaca with cherished waves