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By David Warin Solomons. By David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Contemporary,Singer/Songwriter. Full Performance. Duration 295. David Warin Solomons #899265. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.1310127).
Poem by Bluma Finkelstein music composed and performed by David W Solomons (alto and guitar) - recently remastered by Soundops
The English translation in brackets below is a fairly literal one for non-French speakers
La nuit à l'heure où l'obscure tranche du temps
(At night, when the dark slice of time)
couvre le jour Et appelle le sommeil
(covers the day and calls for slumber)
La nuit je m'en vais sur les mornes chemins de ma vie
(At night I go down the gloomy paths of my life)
A la recherche des illusions
(in search of illusions)
Je voudrais t'emmener hors de la terre
(I would like to take you away from the earth)
t'emporter loin sur l'océan paisible du rêve
(carry you far away on the peaceful ocean of dreams)
barque solitaire s'arrachant a la pesanteur
(solitary boat breaking free from gravity)
souffle mystérieux (mysterious breath of wind)
perçant la nappe immobile du ciel
(piercing the motionless cloth of the sky)
je voudrais t'emmener hors des âges
(I would like to take you beyond the ages)
te lancer dans le ciel fuyant
(cast you into the fleeing heavens)
incessant effort de dépassement
(ceaseless endeavour to exceed ourselves)
je voudrais t'emmener hors de l'espace
(I would like to take you outside space)
sentir ton corps nu
(feel your naked body)
trembler doucement contre mon corps
(trembling gently against mine)
deux rayons de soleil
(two sunbeams)
deux caresses éternelles volées à Dieu
(two eternal caresses stolen from God)
je voudrais t'emmener hors du temps
(I would like to take you outside time)
et mesurer mon amour en années lumière
(and measure my love in light-years).
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By David Warin Solomons. By David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Contemporary,Singer/Songwriter. Full Performance. Duration 295. David Warin Solomons #899265. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.1310127).
Poem by Bluma Finkelstein music composed and performed by David W Solomons (alto and guitar) - recently remastered by Soundops
The English translation in brackets below is a fairly literal one for non-French speakers
La nuit à l'heure où l'obscure tranche du temps
(At night, when the dark slice of time)
couvre le jour Et appelle le sommeil
(covers the day and calls for slumber)
La nuit je m'en vais sur les mornes chemins de ma vie
(At night I go down the gloomy paths of my life)
A la recherche des illusions
(in search of illusions)
Je voudrais t'emmener hors de la terre
(I would like to take you away from the earth)
t'emporter loin sur l'océan paisible du rêve
(carry you far away on the peaceful ocean of dreams)
barque solitaire s'arrachant a la pesanteur
(solitary boat breaking free from gravity)
souffle mystérieux (mysterious breath of wind)
perçant la nappe immobile du ciel
(piercing the motionless cloth of the sky)
je voudrais t'emmener hors des âges
(I would like to take you beyond the ages)
te lancer dans le ciel fuyant
(cast you into the fleeing heavens)
incessant effort de dépassement
(ceaseless endeavour to exceed ourselves)
je voudrais t'emmener hors de l'espace
(I would like to take you outside space)
sentir ton corps nu
(feel your naked body)
trembler doucement contre mon corps
(trembling gently against mine)
deux rayons de soleil
(two sunbeams)
deux caresses éternelles volées à Dieu
(two eternal caresses stolen from God)
je voudrais t'emmener hors du temps
(I would like to take you outside time)
et mesurer mon amour en années lumière
(and measure my love in light-years).
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global
self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters.
ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular
titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.
About MP3 Downloads
Explore our MP3 collection, featuring instrumental play-alongs, full-performance
audio, choral accompaniments, and part-dominant tracks. After purchase, download
your MP3 directly from your Sheet Music Plus Digital Library—no extra software
needed. Access your MP3 anytime and anywhere through your Digital Library.
Preview: Illusions (after the poem by Bluma Finkelstein) (mp3)
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