FULL FATHOM FIVE

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

                from The Tempest

                      Ariel's Song

    Come unto these yellow sands,
              And then take hands:
    Curtsied when you have, and kiss'd
              The wild waves whist,
    Foot it featly here and there;
    And, sweet sprites, the burthen bear.
              Hark, hark!
    Bow-wow.
              The watch-dogs bark.
    Bow-wow. 
              Hark, hark! I hear
              The strain of strutting chanticleer
              Cry, Cock-a-doodle-doo.

    Full fathom five thy father lies 
              Of his bones are corals made 
    Those are pearls that were his eyes:
              Nothing of him that doth fade 
    But doth suffer a sea-change
    Into something rich and strange.
    Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell: 
       Hark! now I hear them—ding-dong bell.

Par trente  pieds de fond gît ton père,

De ses os naissent des coraux

Vois ces perles, c'étaient ses yeux

Rien de lui ne disparaît

Sans que la mer ne le change

En chose richement étrange.

 Les nymphes de la mer sonnent

à chaque heure  son glas

Ne les entends-tu pas?

 Ding Dong Bell

         In Act I, Scene II of The Tempest, the "airy Spirit" Ariel is ordered by Prospero to lead the shipwrecked Ferdinand to him. She does this by invisibly singing the above song to gain his attention and guide him by the sound of her voice. The second stanza is of particular relevance to Ferdinand since his father drowned.

j'ai "découvert" ce poème grâce  à l'Ensemble Altri Canti de Poitiers qui l'a chanté  lors d'un concert en l'église Notre-Dame de Poitiers le 8 décembre  2013. Il y a  d'autres poèmes chantés dans le théâtre de Shakespeare ( http://dongues.eklablog.com/o-mistress-mine-a-love-song-in-shakespeare-s-twelfth-night-a11999964 and http://dongues.eklablog.com/when-that-i-was-a-little-tiny-boy-from-shakespeare-s-twelfth-night-a12002262 etc.) qui sont  de vrais "tubes"...

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