je crois entendre encore, covered by david gilmour

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Bizet, famous for Symphony in C and Carmen, wrote an opera by the name of Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fisherman). David Gilmour, of Pink Floyd fame, covered the song in 2002. Je Crois Entendre Encore is the name of the theme. There’s a wonderful recording on youtube.



I’ve included a translation and guitar chords below:

Gm
Je crois entendre encore,
I still believe I hear

Cm Gm
Caché sous les palmiers,
hidden beneath the palm trees

F
Sa voix tendre et sonore
Her voice, tender and deep

Dm D
Comme un chant de ramier!
like the song of a dove

Gm
O nuit enchanteresse!
O night enchantress!

Cm F
Divin ravissement!
Divine rapture

Dm Gm
O souvenir charmant!
O Delightful memory!

Cm Gm
Folle ivresse! doux rêve!
Crazy drunkenness, Sweet Dreams!

Gm
Aux clartés des étoiles,
In the starlight,

Cm Gm
Je crois encore la voir,
It’s as if I saw her again,

F
Entr’ouvrir ses longs voiles
Peeking beyond her long drapes,

Dm D
Aux vents tièdes du soir!
To the warm evening winds,

Gm
O nuit enchanteresse!
O night enchantress!

Cm F
Divin ravissement!
Divine rapture

Cm Gm
O souvenir charmant!
O Delightful memory!

Cm Gm
Folle ivresse! doux rêve!
Crazy drunkenness, Sweet Dreams!

Gm
Charmant Souvenir
O Delightful memory!

Gm
Charmant Souvenir
O Delightful memory!

Chords: http://www.e-chords.com/guitartab/idmusica/100497.htm
Translation: http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1513660

ripples

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thoughts are ripples
we are both water and stones
each person makes a difference
regardless of will

we have individual
responsibility
to weigh good and bad
of every ripple

do we absorb the ripple
and stop its motion?
do we propogate the ripple
and hasten its rise?

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Lion on the hunt

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look! over there!
no, to your right

3 o’clock …. yes
that’s her, that’s the one

look at her move
delicate and smooth

oh, at her grace
it’s time to race!

delicately smooth
move with the groove

i know that you approve
for i will soothe

down on all fours
i’m a lion on the hunt

see my mane? dig my tail?
i’m a lion on the hunt

let’s go for a run
we’ll have some fun!