LITERAL TRANSLATION
*** UNOFFICIAL ***
I have forced [through] the hells' gate
I've broken the defended seal
For you
[I've] diverted the course of a volcano
To reheat your trembling [cold?] arms
For you
The sky is black
Life is sombre
It's freezing [cold enough to] split stones
I feel cold
I've brought forward the time of dawn
I've hastened the return of the flowers
For you
I've made [washed?] the panes, changed the vial
Hushed-up the cries of the crowd
For you
The century collapses
Debris [fragments], rubble
It's freezing [cold enough to] split [a] heart
I feel cold
There's no more sound in the garden of winter
We shelter ourselves under the
opposing branches
Without you, the world
Wobbles [falters], gives in
It's freezing [cold enough to] split [a] heart
I feel cold
(Without you)
ORIGINAL LYRICS 1
© 2010 Wisteria Song / Jive Epic
J'ai forcé la porte des enfersJ'ai rompu le sceau défendu
Pour toi
Détourné le cours d'un volcan
Pour réchauffer tes bras tremblants
Pour toi
Le ciel est noir
La vie est sombre
Il gèle à pierre fendre
J'ai froid
J'ai avancé l'heure de l'aurore
J'ai brusqué le retour des fleurs
Pour toi
J'ai fait les vitres, changé l'ampoule 2
Etouffé les cris de la foule
Pour toi
Le siècle s'effondre
Débris, décombres
Il gèle à coeur fendre
J'ai froid
Il n'y a plus un bruit dans le jardin d'hiver
Nous nous abritons sous les
ramures contraires
Sans toi, le monde
Vacille, succombe
Il gèle à coeur fendre
J'ai froid
(Sans toi)
1 Album version.
NB: some words
have been wrapped or split here
to flow
more easily with the sung rhythm
2 Ampoule can mean
a lightbulb, flashbulb (camera),
medical phial (bottle for filling
syringes) or a skin blister...
in the context of the album concept
all these meanings are valid!
REFLECTION: a complementary
complimentary interpretation...
*** UNOFFICIAL ***
By force I stormed right through hell's gate
Broken through felt so close to you
For you
Returning spurned the raining stones
Rejuvenates embrace atones
For you
Dark skies no stars
Dark eyes no love
Dispel happiness gone
Stonecold
I chased away the darkened gloom
In haste displayed the rising bloom
For you
Pain clear to see, unwind the spool
All hushed-up their pleas where's the fool
For you
Years turn they're gone
Days creep, not strong
To save a heart fond
Stonecold
Feeling blue no flowers to lift this veiled despair
Who will shelter us away
from winter's stare
Lost you, they all
Seem weak, they fall
To save a heart fond
Stonecold
(Lost you)