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Le Rossignol ::English and French versions

Le Rossignol

[Inspired from a medieavel lai

by Marie de France]

 

Yes

I know the song of the

Nightingale

I’ve heard him sing

When darkness calls

Many times before.

 

I know the longings

Of Le Rossignol

The melodies he plays.

Melancholy of lost yesterdays

Regrets of today

 

I hear the words

Of

The Nightingale

Whisper sadness to my heart

When dawn comes

I will be gone

And sing no more.

 

I fear the song of Le Rossignol

We sing

The same melody...

 

 

LE ROSSIGNOL

 

My French version

 

J’entends chanter

Le Rossignol

Sa triste mélodie

Au crepuscule il me vient

Pleurer  sa mélaconlie

 

Il parle

Le Rossignol

Des temps perdus  du passé

Des regrets d’aujourd’hui

Il touche  mon Coeur

 Ce Rossignol

Avec un mot qui dit:

 

Or

Je chante mon destin

Au coucher  du soleiil

Mais quand la nuit se donne au jour

Je ne chanterai plus

Ici

Je m’en vais  pleurer

Ma tristesse

Dans  l’éternité

 

— Geremia, Jan 31, 2010

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Seren

Seren

16 years 4 months ago

Dear Joe

Exquisite .... I have always been in wonder at nightingales and this one is just ... sigh love and hugs Jayne-Chloe x x x
Geremia

Geremia

16 years 4 months ago

J.B. Longo-GeremiaThank you,

J.B. Longo-Geremia Thank you, my Jayne. It was your "sparrow" that gave me the inspiration, and then I remembered an Old French poem [ lai] written by Marie de France. Same tonality. Love f room Joe .
Seren

Seren

16 years 4 months ago

to inspired is the greatest

to inspire is the greatest gift I think it was our own darlin Anna that said it first to me and its a gift both ways in my opinion thanks Joe made me smile love and biggest hugs Jayne-Chloe x x x
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 4 months ago

My Longobardolino

So beautifully, so full of the sentiments of soulful sounding music, the notes hang in the dim lit night, they hang there like the mist, forming their melancholy song that pierces the heart with its loneliness; do we know that it is for us to hear? It may be the same thing as the song of the robin red breast (Europe), who sings his most beautiful bubbling song as a territory enforcement, defying any other robins to come and take his area, even fighting to keep it. But then we too are fighting to feel our own small space in this existence called life, and are alone in the doing of it, so maybe we reinforce our armour and fill its meaning with amore at the same time, in order to stand up to life's hardships and drudge, finding a tiny hole in the great cover of what we see and hear that is awesome and frightening, and see beyond into another portentous reality within the aesthetic quality of the song of the rossignol. A glimpse of bliss. The footsteps sound on the mud-floor of the forest without melody as we walk through life and reach the clearings, and finally the sea where we melt into the elements and become the song of the nightingale blowing in the winds of time. Long notes of love from Annuccia Just caught sight of the most breathtaking French version so stunningly beautiful, oh where are all the adjectives we need more of them to describe beauty sometimes, the SOUND of the French version is like that of the bird, so magically evocative, I swoon. Oh so wonderful.
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 4 months ago

In Middle Eastern poetry the

In Middle Eastern poetry the Nightingale is caged--no sweeter song can ever be heard; this is an easily understood metaphor for the Lover's yearning for the Beloved, to return to the Beloved... The return of the Beloved, returning to the Beloved, comes in endless experiences, all with a sense of freedom--the cage is always open... http://www.neopoet.com/node/24825 One of my favourite poems on the subject. Love. ~A "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal." Albert Pine
Geremia

Geremia

16 years 4 months ago

J.B. Longo-GeremiaThank you

J.B. Longo-Geremia Thank you for your comments on several pieces. I appreciate the encouragement and "flourish" I will. :) Longo