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Lo in the orient when the gracious light

Voici qu'en Orient, quand la gracieuse lumière

Lifts up his burning head, each under eye

Lève sa tête ardente, tout œil d'en bas

Doth homage to his new-appearing sight,

Rend hommage à sa vue nouvellement apparue,

Serving with looks his sacred majesty,

Servant par ses regards sa sacrée majesté,

And having climbed the steep-up heavenly hill,

Et l'ayant vu gravir la céleste colline escarpée,

Resembling strong youth in his middle age,

Ressemblant à la vigueur de la jeunesse en son âge mûr,

Yet mortal looks adore his beauty still,

Les regards mortels adorent encore sa beauté,

Attending on his golden pilgrimage:

Assistant à son pèlerinage doré :

But when from highmost pitch with weary car,

Mais quand du sommet le plus haut, sur son char las,

Like feeble age he reeleth from the day,

Tel un vieil homme chancelant, il décline du jour,

The eyes (fore duteous) now converted are

Les yeux (jadis dévoués) se détournent alors

From his low tract and look another way:

De sa course basse et regardent ailleurs :

So thou, thyself out-going in thy noon:

Ainsi toi, te surpassant à ton midi :

Unlooked on diest unless thou get a son.

Tu mourras sans regard, à moins que tu n'aies un fils.

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Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly?

Toi qui es musique à entendre, pourquoi écoutes-tu la musique avec tristesse ?

Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy:

Les douceurs ne guerroient pas contre les douceurs, la joie se délecte en la joie :

Why lov'st thou that which thou receiv'st not gladly,

Pourquoi aimes-tu ce que tu ne reçois pas avec joie,

Or else receiv'st with pleasure thine annoy?

Ou bien reçois-tu avec plaisir ce qui te contrarie ?

If the true concord of well-tuned sounds,

Si le vrai accord de sons bien accordés,

By unions married do offend thine ear,

Unis par leurs alliances, offense ton oreille,

They do but sweetly chide thee, who confounds

Ils ne font que doucement te reprocher, toi qui confonds

In singleness the parts that thou shouldst bear:

Dans le célibat les rôles que tu devrais tenir :

Mark how one string sweet husband to another,

Remarque comment une corde, doux époux d'une autre,

Strikes each in each by mutual ordering;

Résonne l'une en l'autre par un accord mutuel ;

Resembling sire, and child, and happy mother,

Ressemblant au père, à l'enfant et à l'heureuse mère,

Who all in one, one pleasing note do sing:

Qui tous ensemble chantent une seule note harmonieuse :

Whose speechless song being many, seeming one,

Dont le chant muet, étant multiple, semblant un,

Sings this to thee, 'Thou single wilt prove none'.

Te chante ceci : « Seul, tu ne seras rien ».

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Is it for fear to wet a widow's eye,

Est-ce par crainte de faire pleurer l'œil d'une veuve,

That thou consum'st thyself in single life?

Que tu te consumes dans le célibat ?

Vocabulary

Voici
vwa-see — Here is; used to present something
Orient
oh-ree-ahn — The East; the direction of the rising sun
quand
kahn — When; at the time that
gracieuse
gra-syuhz — Graceful, elegant, or charming in manner
lumière
lü-myair — Light; illumination from a source
Lève
lev — Raises or lifts up; third-person singular present
tête
tet — Head; the uppermost part of the body
ardente
ar-dahnt — Burning, blazing, or intensely passionate
œil
uh-y — Eye; the organ used for seeing
bas
bah — Low; beneath or at a lower level
Rend
rahn — Renders or pays; gives something due
hommage
oh-mazh — Tribute or homage paid to someone honored
vue
vü — View or sight; the act of seeing
nouvellement
noo-vel-mahn — Newly; recently having appeared or arrived
apparue
a-pa-rü — Appeared; having come into view suddenly
Servant
ser-vahn — Serving; acting in service to something
regards
ruh-gar — Gazes or glances directed at someone
sacrée
sa-kray — Sacred or holy; treated with great reverence
majesté
ma-zhes-tay — Majesty; impressive greatness or regal dignity
gravir
gra-veer — To climb; to ascend with effort
céleste
say-lest — Celestial; relating to the sky or heavens
colline
ko-leen — Hill; a raised area of land
escarpée
es-kar-pay — Steep; having a sharp or abrupt incline
Ressemblant
ruh-sahm-blahn — Resembling; looking similar to something else
vigueur
vee-guhr — Vigor; physical strength and active energy
jeunesse
zhuh-nes — Youth; the state or period of being young
mûr
mür — Mature or ripe; fully developed with age
mortels
mor-tel — Mortals; human beings subject to death
adorent
a-dor — Adore or worship; to regard with deep admiration
beauté
boh-tay — Beauty; the quality of being pleasing to perceive
pèlerinage
pel-ree-nazh — Pilgrimage; a journey to a sacred place
doré
doh-ray — Golden; covered with or resembling gold
sommet
so-may — Summit or peak; the highest point
char
shar — Chariot; an ancient horse-drawn vehicle
las
lah — Weary or tired; exhausted from effort
vieil
vyay — Old; aged, used before masculine vowel nouns
chancelant
shahn-suh-lahn — Tottering or staggering; unsteady on one's feet
décline
day-kleen — Declines or diminishes; loses strength over time
jour
zhoor — Day; a period of twenty-four hours
yeux
yuh — Eyes; plural of œil, organs of sight
jadis
zha-dees — Formerly; in times long past
dévoués
day-voo-ay — Devoted or dedicated; faithfully committed to something
détournent
day-toor-n — Turn away; divert attention elsewhere
course
koors — Course or path; a route traveled or followed
basse
bahs — Low; situated or moving at a lower level
regardent
ruh-gard — Look or gaze; direct eyes toward something
ailleurs
a-yuhr — Elsewhere; in or to another place
Ainsi
an-see — Thus or so; in this or that manner
surpassant
sür-pa-sahn — Surpassing; exceeding or going beyond a limit
midi
mee-dee — Noon; midday or the south direction
mourras
moo-rah — Will die; second-person singular future of mourir
regard
ruh-gar — Gaze or look; attention directed at something
aies
ay — Have; second-person singular present subjunctive of avoir
fils
fees — Son; a male child in relation to parents
musique
mü-zeek — Music; art form using sound and rhythm
entendre
ahn-tahn-druh — To hear or listen to; to perceive sound
écoutes
ay-koot — Listen; second-person singular present of écouter
tristesse
trees-tes — Sadness or melancholy; a state of sorrow
douceurs
doo-suhr — Sweetnesses or pleasures; gentle agreeable sensations
joie
zhwah — Joy; a feeling of great happiness
délecte
day-lekt — Delights; takes great pleasure in something
aimes
em — Love or like; second-person singular of aimer
reçois
ruh-swah — Receive; second-person singular present of recevoir
plaisir
pleh-zeer — Pleasure; a feeling of enjoyment or satisfaction
contrarie
kohn-tra-ree — Thwarts or vexes; causes annoyance or opposition
accord
a-kor — Agreement or harmony; consonance between elements
sons
sohn — Sounds; auditory sensations perceived by the ear
accordés
a-kor-day — Tuned or harmonized; brought into agreement
Unis
ü-nee — United; joined or combined together as one
alliances
a-lyahns — Alliances or unions; bonds formed between parties
offense
o-fahns — Offends or wrongs; causes hurt or displeasure
oreille
o-ray-yuh — Ear; the organ used for hearing
doucement
doos-mahn — Softly or gently; in a mild manner
reprocher
ruh-pro-shay — To reproach; to express disapproval or blame
confonds
kohn-fohn — Confuse or mix up; to mistake one for another
célibat
say-lee-bah — Celibacy; the state of being unmarried
rôles
rohl — Roles; parts played or functions fulfilled
devrais
duh-vray — Should; conditional form of devoir, obligation
tenir
tuh-neer — To hold or fulfill; to carry out a role
Remarque
ruh-mark — Notice or observe; pay attention to something
corde
kord — String or cord; a thin flexible line or wire
doux
doo — Sweet or gentle; soft and pleasing in nature
époux
ay-poo — Spouse or husband; a married partner
autre
oh-truh — Other; a different or additional one
Résonne
ray-zon — Resonates; produces or echoes a rich sound
mutuel
mü-tü-el — Mutual; shared or felt equally by both parties
père
pair — Father; a male parent
enfant
ahn-fahn — Child; a young human being
heureuse
uh-ruhz — Happy or joyful; in a state of happiness
mère
mair — Mother; a female parent
chantent
shahnt — Sing; third-person plural present of chanter
note
not — Note; a single musical tone or sound
harmonieuse
ar-mo-nyuhz — Harmonious; pleasingly consistent and well-arranged
chant
shahn — Song or chant; a melody sung or recited
muet
mü-ay — Silent or mute; making no sound
multiple
mül-tee-pluh — Multiple; consisting of many parts or elements
Seul
suhl — Alone or only; without others present
seras
suh-rah — Will be; second-person singular future of être
rien
ryahn — Nothing; not anything at all
crainte
krant — Fear or apprehension; worry about something happening
pleurer
pluh-ray — To cry or weep; to shed tears from grief
veuve
vuhv — Widow; a woman whose husband has died
consumes
kohn-süm — Consume or waste; to use up or exhaust
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