Paroles et traduction Roger Mas - La Lluna

La Lluna

Pare del dia, el Sol dansa amb la Lluna,
Que era allavors esplèndida com ell;
Sa cara, un temps, com ara no era bruna;
Sos ulls guspirejaven,
I era de raigs de l'alba son cabell.

Parlaven de son garbo les estrelles.
Los meteors retreien sa rossor,
I, com esbart de cèliques abelles,
Los astres festejaven
De son jardí l'enlluernanta flor.

Al sentir-se lloar de tan hermosa,
Esbalaïda deixà caure el vel
Amb què fóra llavors poncella closa,
I un crit de meravella
Féu ressonar la cúpula del cel.

Lo Sol s'engeloseix, tira a sa cara
De ses antigues cendres un grapat,
Que enterboleix sos ulls i l'emmascara:
Astre es quedà la Lluna,
Mes sense llum, com un carbó apagat.

Des de llavors, com una flor d'obaga,
Rodant per les tenebres de la nit,
Sempre la Lluna pàl·lida s'amaga
De l'astre hermós del dia,
Si el troba pels camins de l'infinit.

The Moon

Father of the day, the Sun dances with the Moon,
Who was then as splendid as he;
Her face, for a time, was not brown as it is now;
Her eyes sparkled,
And her hair was of dawn's rays.

The stars spoke of her grace.
The meteors blushed,
And, like a swarm of celestial bees,
The stars feasted
On the dazzling flower of her garden.

Hearing herself praised for being so beautiful,
She carelessly let her veil fall
With which she was then a closed bud,
And a cry of wonder
Made the dome of the sky resound.

The Sun is jealous, he throws at her face
A handful of his ancient ashes,
Which cloud her eyes and mask her:
The Moon remained a star,
But without light, like a dying ember.

Since then, like a flower in the shade,
Rolling through the darkness of the night,
The pale Moon always hides
From the beautiful star of the day,
If she finds him on the paths of infinity.