Anyone want to translate some French for me?
she's back.
from mom:
"Tell our francophone that the French do not put verbs at the end of the sentences, but of course in poems and in song lyrics anything could go.
The one entitled Sleeping Slave has references I imagine to Greek or Roman mythology.
There were several words with which I was unfamiliar and which had many French meanings. There are lots of online French-English dictionaries but some of these word could only be found in French dictionaries. I hope this helps."
Azure Waves
Plant very, very far my look (regard) (face) in the sky
Especially don't think, don't cry,
Fill my head with blue cascades.
I will forget you.
Balance yourself, Lola, alone under the moon, naked in the lilacs.
The taste of the water of life beyond
No one can drink the water for you.
It must be you who drink it
The water of life beyond
You will never know my suffering
You will never know my enjoyment (could also have a sexual connotation)
It will always be each one for himself
The water of life beyond
As softly as you can
As long as you wish
As lightly as you can
As softly as you wish
Balance yourself, Lola
Alone under the moon
Naked in the lilacs
Plunge into the mirror
of the lake of the Cyclades
Beautiful naiad
Open wide your eyes
Drinking all the blue sky
Die in each love
Balance yourself
The Sleeping Slave
Pallor, orphic beauty
Boy deflowered on my couch
Halo of perversity
An innocent breath on your mouth
A type of hunting dog (vautre) in lace
Your body fainted (passed out) (disappeared) (faded)
That desire (one of the main implications is to be drawn and quartered)
sleeping slave
Poisse ( this word has extremely diverse meanings - a gooey substance, a boring circumstance, misery, misfortune, thief--- take your pick!) of perfumes and of wine
Enveloped in garlands of flowers
Offered to the fresh wind of morning
Throat of nerves and of languor
Vautre in lace
Floating on the breath of Eole
Foundering in a tempest
May the wing of blue dawn
Your flank a fragile shiver make rainbow colored
from mom:
"Tell our francophone that the French do not put verbs at the end of the sentences, but of course in poems and in song lyrics anything could go.
The one entitled Sleeping Slave has references I imagine to Greek or Roman mythology.
There were several words with which I was unfamiliar and which had many French meanings. There are lots of online French-English dictionaries but some of these word could only be found in French dictionaries. I hope this helps."
Azure Waves
Plant very, very far my look (regard) (face) in the sky
Especially don't think, don't cry,
Fill my head with blue cascades.
I will forget you.
Balance yourself, Lola, alone under the moon, naked in the lilacs.
The taste of the water of life beyond
No one can drink the water for you.
It must be you who drink it
The water of life beyond
You will never know my suffering
You will never know my enjoyment (could also have a sexual connotation)
It will always be each one for himself
The water of life beyond
As softly as you can
As long as you wish
As lightly as you can
As softly as you wish
Balance yourself, Lola
Alone under the moon
Naked in the lilacs
Plunge into the mirror
of the lake of the Cyclades
Beautiful naiad
Open wide your eyes
Drinking all the blue sky
Die in each love
Balance yourself
The Sleeping Slave
Pallor, orphic beauty
Boy deflowered on my couch
Halo of perversity
An innocent breath on your mouth
A type of hunting dog (vautre) in lace
Your body fainted (passed out) (disappeared) (faded)
That desire (one of the main implications is to be drawn and quartered)
sleeping slave
Poisse ( this word has extremely diverse meanings - a gooey substance, a boring circumstance, misery, misfortune, thief--- take your pick!) of perfumes and of wine
Enveloped in garlands of flowers
Offered to the fresh wind of morning
Throat of nerves and of languor
Vautre in lace
Floating on the breath of Eole
Foundering in a tempest
May the wing of blue dawn
Your flank a fragile shiver make rainbow colored