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Gounod: Faust: Le veau d'or est toujours debout! lyrics
Le veau dor est toujours debout!
On encense sa puissance,
On encense sa puissance,
Dun bout du monde à lautre bout!
Pour fêter linfàme idole,
Rois et peuples confondu,
Au bruit sombre des écus,
Danse une ronde folle
Autour de son piédestale,
Autour de son piédestale,
Et Satan conduit le bal, etc, etc.
Le veau dor est vainqueur des dieux!
Dans sa gloire dérisoire,
Dans sa gloire dérisoire,
Le monstre abject insulte aux cieux!
Il contemple, ô rage étrange!
A ses pieds le genre humain,
Se ruant, le fer en main,
Dans le sang et dans la fange
Où brille lardent métal,
Où brille lardent métal,
Et Satan conduit le bal,etc.
English translation: Le veau d'or
The calf of gold is still standing!
One adulates his power,
One adulates his power,
From one end of the world to the other end!
To celebrate the infamous idol,
Kings and the people mixed together,
To the somber sound of golden coins,
They dance a wild round
Around his pedestal
Around his pedestal
And Satan leads the dance, etc, etc.
The calf of gold is the victor over the gods!
In its derisory (absurd) glory,
In its derisory (absurd) glory,
The abject monster insults heaven!
It contemplates, oh weird frenzy!
At his feet the human race,
Hurling itself about, iron in hand,
In blood and in the mire,
Where gleams the burning metal,
Where gleams the burning metal,
And Satan leads the dance,etc.
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