Lyrics and translation Patricia Petibon - Trois chansons bretonnes - La rencontre

Trois chansons bretonnes - La rencontre

Il rentrait le soir de la mer après un long voyage.
Il rentrait le soir de la mer quant à ses yeux étonnés;
Apparue au nord de la mer une fille au pur visage;
Respirant le vent de la mer ces cheveux dénoués.
Jamais il ne vit devant lui une femme si belle.
Jamais il ne vie devant lui un trésor si précieux.
Il sentit soudain naitre en lui une ardeur toute nouvelle;
Lorsque vint se pauser sur lui le velours de ces yeux.
Il voudrais aller lui parler mais il craint sa faiblesse.
Il vaudrais aller lui parler et se livrer sans détour.
Si ses yeux savaient lui parler et lui dire sa tendresse;
Ah! S′il pouvait sans parler lui offrir mon amour.

Three Breton Songs - The Meeting

He came home in the evening from the sea after a long voyage.
He came home in the evening from the sea when to his astonished eyes;
Appeared in the north of the sea a girl with a pure face;
Breathing the wind of the sea these loose hair.
Never had he seen before him a woman so beautiful.
Never had he had before him a treasure so precious.
He suddenly felt within him a new ardor awakened;
When the velvet of those eyes came to rest upon him.
He would like to go and speak to her but he fears his weakness.
He would like to go and speak to her and surrender without hesitation.
If only his eyes could speak to her and tell her his tenderness;
Ah! If he could offer her my love without speaking.