Marienbad [English translation]

In the great basin of the idol's castle

A big black swan with a large ruby collar

Drew crazy arabesques on the water

The gargoyles cried with their grotesque laughter

A solar Apollon of porphyry and ebony

Was waiting for Pygmalion*, sitting under an oak

I remember you

And your eyes of jade

There, in Marienbad*

There, in Marienbad

But where are you?

Where are your eyes of jade?

So far from Marienbad

So far from Marienbad

I wore, in those times, a stole of nightjar*

That sang in the sun and danced at the time

You had the allure of an Incan moon god

In those fevers, in those places, at those times

And me, a poor vestal, in the wind of your desires

In the heart of your labyrinths, I was but Ophelia

I remember you

The times of these aubades*

These, in Marienbad

There, in Marienbad

But where are you?

You sing your aubades

So far from Marienbad

Well far from Marienbad

It was a big castle with a heavy and somber park

Open to spirits inhabiting the shadows

And the wizards, were at their Sabbath there

What strange sacrifices, at those times

I was a bit savage, you wanted me to be cuddly

I was a bit of a witch, you wanted me to be Melusine*

I remember you

And your ill sighs

There, in Marienbad

In Marienbad,

But where are you?

Where are your eyes of jade?

So far from Marienbad

Well far from Marienbad

But should you call me, in times to come,

To talk for a moment at the crossing of our paths

I've changed, know that, but I am like before

How the time makes me, leaves me and how it defeats me

I've kept near me my stole of nightjar

The big gloves of black silk and the diamond ring

I will be, on your hour,

In the large castle of jade

In the heart of your labyrinths

There, in Marienbad

We will dance again

In these crazy parades

The eye in your eyes of jade

There, in Marienbad

With your eyes of jade

We will dance again

There, in Marienbad

There, in Marienbad

But will you come back to me?

To the large castle of jade

In Marienbad...