The Ballad of the White Horse — Page 6
Up through an empty house of stars,
En montant à travers une maison vide d'étoiles,
Being what heart you are,
Étant le cœur que tu es,
Up the inhuman steeps of space
En gravissant les pentes inhumaines de l'espace
As on a staircase go in grace,
Comme sur un escalier, avance avec grâce,
Carrying the firelight on your face
Portant la lueur du feu sur ton visage
Beyond the loneliest star.
Au-delà de l'étoile la plus solitaire.
Take these; in memory of the hour
Prends ceci ; en souvenir de l'heure
We strayed a space from home
Où nous nous sommes éloignés un moment du foyer
And saw the smoke-hued hamlets, quaint
Et avons vu les hameaux aux teintes de fumée, pittoresques
With Westland king and Westland saint,
Avec leur roi et leur saint des terres de l'Ouest,
And watched the western glory faint
Et avons regardé la gloire de l'Ouest s'estomper
Along the road to Frome.
Le long de la route vers Frome.
Vocabulary
- En
- In, on, or while (preposition or gerund marker)
- montant
- Rising, climbing; amount (noun or adjective)
- travers
- Across, through; breadth or width
- une
- A, an (feminine indefinite article)
- maison
- House, home, or household
- vide
- Empty, vacant, or void
- étoiles
- Stars (plural of étoile)
- Étant
- Being, existing (present participle of être)
- le
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- cœur
- Heart; core or center of something
- que
- That, which, whom (relative or subordinate conjunction)
- tu
- You (informal singular pronoun)
- es
- Are (second person singular of être)
- gravissant
- Climbing, ascending (present participle of gravir)
- les
- The (plural definite article)
- pentes
- Slopes, inclines, or hillsides
- inhumaines
- Inhuman, inhumane, or cruel (adjective)
- de
- Of, from, or some (preposition)
- espace
- Space, expanse, or distance
- Comme
- Like, as, or such as (conjunction)
- sur
- On, upon, or over (preposition)
- un
- A, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
- escalier
- Staircase, stairway, or steps
- avance
- Advances, moves forward (third person singular)
- avec
- With, along with (preposition)
- grâce
- Grace, elegance, or favor
- Portant
- Carrying, bearing, or wearing (present participle)
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- lueur
- Glow, glimmer, or faint light
- du
- Of the, from the (contraction)
- feu
- Fire, flame, or light
- ton
- Your (informal singular possessive adjective)
- visage
- Face, countenance, or appearance
- Au
- At the, to the (contraction)
- delà
- Beyond, over, or on the other side
- étoile
- Star (singular form)
- plus
- More, most, or plus (comparative)
- solitaire
- Solitary, lonely, or alone
- Prends
- Take (second person singular imperative)
- ceci
- This, this thing (demonstrative pronoun)
- en
- In it, some, or about it (pronoun)
- souvenir
- Memory, remembrance, or keepsake
- heure
- Hour, time, or o'clock
- Où
- Where, in which (relative adverb)
- nous
- We, us (plural pronoun)
- sommes
- Are (first person plural of être)
- éloignés
- Distant, far away, or remote
- moment
- Moment, instant, or period of time
- foyer
- Home, hearth, or household
- Et
- And (conjunction)
- avons
- Have (first person plural of avoir)
- vu
- Seen (past participle of voir)
- hameaux
- Hamlets, small villages (plural)
- aux
- To the, at the (contraction plural)
- teintes
- Tints, shades, or hues (plural)
- fumée
- Smoke, fume, or vapor
- pittoresques
- Picturesque, scenic, or charming (adjective)
- Avec
- With, along with (preposition)
- leur
- Their, theirs (possessive adjective/pronoun)
- roi
- King, monarch, or ruler
- saint
- Saint, holy, or sacred (noun/adjective)
- des
- Of the, some (contraction)
- terres
- Lands, earth, or territories (plural)
- Ouest
- West, western direction (noun)
- regardé
- Looked at, watched, or observed (past participle)
- gloire
- Glory, fame, or honor
- estomper
- To blur, fade, or obscure
- Le
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- long
- Long, length, or along (adjective/preposition)
- route
- Road, route, or way
- vers
- Toward, to, or around (preposition)
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