Nicolai Gedda
"Je Crois Entendre Encore"

Season 9
"Insurrection"

Je crois entendre encore
Caché sous les palmiers
Sa voix tendre et sonore
Comme un chant de ramiers.
Oh nuit enchanteresse
Divin ravissement
Oh souvenir charmant,
Folle ivresse, doux rêve!

Aux clartés des étoiles
Je crois encor la voir
Entr'ouvrir ses longs voiles
Aux vents tièdes du soir.
Oh nuit enchanteresse
Divin ravissement
Oh souvenir charmant
Folle ivresse, doux rêve!

Charmant Souvenir!
Charmant Souvenir!

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Translation #1:

I still believe I hear
hidden beneath the palm trees
your voice tender and deep
like the song of a dove
oh night enchantress
divine rapture
delightful thought
mad intoxication, sweet dream
in the clear starlight
I still believe I see
in between the long sails
of the warm night breeze
oh night...etc.

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Translation #2 (by Oliver):

I believe I hear again,
hidden beneath the palm trees,
her tender, resonant voice,
like a dove's song,
o enchanting night,
divine rapture,
o charming memory,
mad intoxication, sweet dream.

In the starlight,
I believe I see her again,
parting her long veils,
in the warm breezes of the evening,
o enchanting night,
divine rapture,
o charming memory,
mad intoxication, sweet dream.

Courtesy of: Devoted to David Gilmour and All Pink Floyd Fan Network and Oliver

*Webmaster note: I don't know French, so I'm taking these two sites' word for the correctness of the lyrics and translation.

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