Orakle

Le Théatre de la Nature - Acte I : Le Combat

Orakle


O my great nature 
How I admire thee 
Winter's not as it was foreseen 
Cold disappeared, no sign from the white queen 
So how are you going to enravel me again ? 

This a struggle I behold 
From the very depths of my lair 
Lone privileged in my art 
Those trees' rectitude and solidity 
Facing the wind's immense might... 

Ohh! The sublime unveils my fears 
Of a hidden truth... The clarity of an error 
Nature has just spoken... 

Blow! blow! Will the blows thou strike 
Surpass the strenght of the oaks ? 
Harmoniously bent, as to show thee 
That they still stand unscared... 

Then rain came blending with disorder, crowned 
Flying, whirling under the northwind's blow 
As a foe wondering about the side 
Gently giving itself to the reigning squalls 
Its droplets tenderly broke 
Upon the great Oak's bark... 

Among this union of sights and sounds 
My spirit meditates, hark and observe 
The great oak suffers - facing the gusts 
The noble wind gets out of breath - with its strikes...