My OperaBelle
Saturday, November 7, 2009 8:56:13 PM
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
BEAUTY
(Quasimodo, Hunchback of Notre Dame)
Beauty
It seems a word invented for her
When she dances revealing her body
Like a bird spreading its wings to fly
I feel hell is opening up under my feet
My eyes gazed under her gipsy dress
What serves me still praying to Our Lady?
Who
Will cast the first stone at her?
He who does not deserve to live
Oh Satan!
Oh! Let me just once
Pass my fingers through her hair Esmeralda
(Frollo, Priest of Notre Dame)
Beauty
Is she the devil incarnate?
To divert my eyes from the Eternal Lord?
Who has bewitched me with carnal desire
To turn me from heaven above?
She carries in her the original sin
Am I a criminal if I desire her?
She
Who all thought a whore, a girl of the street,
Suddenly seems to carry humanity's burden
Oh! I beseech you Our Lady
Oh! Allow me just once
The entrance to Esmeralda's garden
(Phoebus, Captain of Guards)
Beauty
Behind those black eyes that cast a spell
Could the girl still be a maiden?
When she moves she makes me see mountains and wonders
Underneath her rainbow-colored skirt
My betrothed, leave me one infidelity
Before we're joined by God at the altar
What
Man could resist gazing at her
At the risk of becoming transfixed?
Oh My Lilly Flower
I am not a man to trust
I'll pluck the flower of Esmeralda's love
(All three)
My eyes gazed under her gipsy dress
What serves me still praying to Our Lady?
Who
Will cast the first stone at her?
He who does not deserve to live
Oh Satan!
Oh! Let me just once
Pass my fingers through her hair Esmeralda
Esmeralda...
BELLE - ENGLISH VERSION
(Quasimodo, Hunchback of Notre Dame)
Belle, is the only word I know that suits her well
When she dances oh, the stories she can tell
A free bird trying out her wings to fly away
And when I see her move I see the hell to pay
She dances naked in my soul and sleep won't come
And it's no use to pray this prayers to Notre Dame
Tell, who'd be the first to raise his hand and throw a stone
I'd hang him high and laugh to see him die alone
Oh Lucifer, please let me go beyond god's law
And run my fingers through her hair Esmeralda
(Frollo, Priest of Notre Dame)
Belle, there is a demon inside her who came from hell
And he turned my eyes from god, and oh, I fell
He put this heat inside me I'm ashamed to tell
Without my god inside I'm just a burning shell
The sin of Eve she has in her I know so well
For want of her I know I'd give my soul to sell
Belle, this gypsy girl is there a soul beneath her skin
And dies she bear the cross of all our human sin
Oh Notre-Dame please let me go beyond god's law
Open the door of love inside Esmeralda
(Phoebus, Captain of Guards)
Belle, even though her eyes seem to lead us to hell
She may be more pure more pure than the words can tell
But when she dances feelings come no man can quell
Beneath her rainbow coloured dress there burns the well
My promised one please let me one time be untrue
Before in front of god and man I marry you
Who would be the man who'd turn from her to save his soul
To be with her I'd let the devil take me whole
Oh, Fleur-De-Lys I am a man who knows no love
I go to open up the rose Esmeralda
She dances naked in my soul and sleep won't come
And it's no use to pray this prayers to Notre Dame
Tell, who'd be the first to raise his hand and throw a stone
I'd hang him high and laugh to see him die alone
Oh Lucifer, please let me go beyond god's law
And run my fingers through her hair Esmeralda
Esmeralda...
