Adapted by Whitney Johnson from a translation by William Aggeler (Fresno, CA: Academy Library Guild, 1954)
lyrics
One would say that your gaze was veiled with mist;
Your mysterious eyes, are they blue, gray or green?
Alternately tender, dreamy, cruel,
Reflect the indolence and pallor of the sky.
You call to mind those days, white, soft, and mild,
That make enchanted heart burst into tears,
When shaken by a mysterious wracking pain,
The nerves, too wide-awake, jeer at the sleeping mind.
You resemble at times those gorgeous horizons
That the sun sets ablaze in the seasons of mist.
How resplendent you are, landscape drenched with rain,
Aflame with rays that fall from a cloudy sky!
O dangerous woman! O alluring climates!
Will I adore your snow?Will I adore your frost?
And can I draw from your implacable winter
Pleasures keener that iron? Pleasures keener than ice?
credits
from Delicious Night,
released April 9, 2019
Nora Barton - cello, Monica Boubou - violin, Billie Howard - piano, violin, Whitney Johnson - vocals, viola,
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