A keresés eredménye

By the light of a woman

I knew a woman
one misty day in my life.
A woman, a music
beautiful as languor1 itself.
 
And her heart spoke to me
better than whispered words would.
I felt good, as if
I had already loved her
a whole life.
 
By the light of a woman
I rested my life.
I dreamt of her so many times.
By the light of a woman
I see my nights shining
in the coat of her arms2
 
Just like a
priceless gift3,
between chance and oblivion,
in the land of her skin
my insomnia are easier to live through.
I live for her, and she for me4.
 
For this woman, I even
hurt and betrayed
friends, other women lost
around the corner of my life.
Never mind!
 
And her eyes are lakes
whence I draw the truth,
the love on her face
is a guiding sun.
 
With her scent in the night
to get on her track5
and her smile in the morning
to lighten my day,
I come alive again.
 
By the light of a woman
I rested my life.
I dreamt of her so many times.
By the light of a woman
I see my nights shining
into infinity, her and me6
 
Just like a
priceless gift,
a modern legend,
in the land of her skin
my insomnia are easier to live through.
I came to terms with myself7
 
For this woman's sake
I rid myself of my desires.
In the blue sky of her soul
I found my harmony.
 
By the light of a woman
I laid down my life.
By the light of a woman
I found today
an endless path
where the sun grows and,
with my hand in hers
I think I get a hold on my life.
 

• 1. 'mélancolie' can carry a somewhat positive undertone, contrary to 'melancholy', but I can't find a really good match for it
• 2. The pun on 'coat of arms' is accidental but I couldn't resist the temptation! It's really about a piece of clothing here
• 3. lit. 'a gift that would be priceless'
• 4. The English might be broken there. Please let me know if I shall put back the 'lives'
• 5. lit. 'In the night, [there is] her scent that helps me find her back, [and there is] her smile in the morning to lighten my day. I come alive again'. This is poetic register, a direct translation would defeat the purpose of the original. Instead, I rephrased the stanza to try to convey the general mood
• 6. can also be read as 'her and me [stretching] to infinity'
• 7. lit. 'I made peace with me' (the use of 'moi' is a bit peculiar, as if he was facing a distinct part of him), but the meaning is more like 'I accepted myself'

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