Peste Noire "Spleen" lyrics

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Spleen

Quand le ciel bas et lourd pese comme un couvercleSur l'esprit gemissant en proie aux longs ennuis,Et que de l'horizon embrassant tout le cercleIl nous verse un jour noir plus triste que les nuits;

Quand la terre est changee en un cachot humide,Ou l'esperance, comme une chauve-souris,S'en va battant les murs de son aile timideEt se cognant la tete a des plafonds pourris;

Quand la pluie etalant ses immenses traineesD'une vaste prison imite les barreaux,Et qu'un peuple muet d'infames araigneesVient tendre ses filets au fond de nos cerveaux,

Des cloches tout a coup sautent avec furieEt lancent vers le ciel un affreux hurlement,Ainsi que des esprits errants et sans patrieQui se mettent a geindre opiniatrement.

Et de longs corbillards, sans tambours ni musique,Defilent lentement dans mon ame; l'espoir,Vaincu, pleure, et l'angoisse atroce, despotique,Sur mon crane incline plante son drapeau noir.

Et de longs corbillards, sans tambours ni musique,Defilent lentement dans mon ame; l'espoir,Vaincu, pleure...

Spleen

When the low heavy sky weighs like a coverDown the wailing spirit racked by long troubles& That from the horizon embracing the whole circleIt makes a black day sader that nights pour down on us

When the earth is turned into a wet dungeonWhere hope , like a bat ,Goes away timidly beating the walls with its wing& Banging its head against rotten roofs

Where the rain spreading its huge streaksImitates the bars of a vast prison& A dumb people , from infamous spiders ,Comes & tightens his nets in the bottom of our brains

Bells all of a sudden jump in a fury& Throw an awful yelling at the skyAs well as wandering nationless spiritsThat start moaning obstinately

& Long hearses , without drums nor musicSlowly parade in my soul , hopeIs defeated , cries , & the dreadful despotic anxiety ,Sticks its black flag into my leaning skull

& Long hearses , without drums nor musicSlowly parade in my soul , hopeIs defeated , cries ..

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