Showing posts with label poetry people friends life footprints. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poetry people friends life footprints. Show all posts

Friday, 27 April 2007

Music: Le Roi a fait...


Le Roi a fait battre tambour

Browsing through Dailymotion, I came across this French Popular song, 1946! This brought back memories I had completely forgotten about. Elma and I used to sing this (with piano) when I was a child. At the time I spoke only a few words of French but I loved the tragedy of it, which Elma and I did our best to dramatise in our own exaggerated fun way. Actually, come to think of it tragic beauty was firmly rooted in my artistic upbringing; Bedtime Oscar Wilde stories by the open fire, Irish and French popular songs, Shakespears plays and sonnets, Yeats' unrequited love poetry... hmmm :-)
I just love it when something you see or hear triggers a memory from the deep recesses of our minds. Feels great!

Check out the video if you are curious - of course a much better rendition :-)
http://www.dailymotion.com/cluster/travel/popular-week/video/x1sno5_leroiafaitbattretambour

Le Roi a fait battre tambour [bis]
Pour voir toutes ses Dames
Et la première qu'il a vue
Lui a ravi son âme

Marquis, dis-moi, la connais-tu [bis]
Qui est cette jolie dame ?
Le Marquis lui a répondu :
Sire Roi, c'est ma femme !

Marquis tu es plus heureux que moi [bis]
D'avoir dame si belle
Si tu voulais me l'accorder
Je me chargerais d'elle

Sire, si vous n'étiez le Roi [bis]
J'en tirerais vengeance
Mais puisque vous êtes le Roi
A votre obéissance

Marquis ne te fâche donc pas [bis]
T'auras ta récompense
Je te ferai dans mes armées
Mon Maréchal de France

Adieu ma mie, adieu mon cœur [bis]
Adieu mon espérance
Puisqu'il te faut servir le roi
Séparons-nous d'ensemble...

La Reine a fait faire un bouquet [bis]
De jolies fleurs de lys
Et la senteur de ce bouquet
A fait mourir Marquise...

Tuesday, 24 April 2007

Poetry: Enigma of Me














enigma
1449, from L. ænigma "riddle," from Gk. ainigma, from ainissesthai "speak obscurely, speak in riddles," from ainos "fable, riddle," of unknown origin.
1. One that is puzzling, ambiguous, or inexplicable.
2. A perplexing speech or text; a riddle.

Image: Infinite Enigma, Salvador Dali


Enigma of Me

My words proclaim the enigma of me,
subconscious, soul searching soliloquy.
From the hidden archives of my mind,
in images and shadows, mysteries I find.

Words manifest from unknown places,
in trance like illusion, many faces.
Personified I am, with wrong and right,
sadness and joy rendezvous in the night.

I encounter what makes me sing,
yet shadows to my heart they bring.
Horsemen galloping across my soul,
offer peace in a golden alms bowl.

I find repose again in the nocturnal,
reborn in a dark, midnight tribunal
A guilty rose, my broken muse,
bending in the light of a crimson sunrise.

Poetry: Where the Moon..
















Where the Moon touches the Sun

Lost in ashes
Fiery black smoke
Cascading my vision
Drowning all sound
Plugging my nose
Burning my tongue
Shadowing my senses

I will find my way

I'll roam the rocky highlands,
pick ghost orchids with bare hands,
gather angels to sing heart's desires,
blow silver clouds across the moons.
Bending in the light of a crimson love
My heart will not let me sway

I will find my way back to your love

For love is in giving and receiving
Hearts beating to souls rhythm
Swaying to the balance of life
Two energies merging as one
Yin and yang, ebb and flow
Keeping for eternity and letting go

Our paths will meet again
Where the moon touches the sun

Sunday, 1 April 2007

Poetry: The People we Meet

PEOPLE
Some people come into our lives
Awaken us to deeper realisations
leave eternal imprints on our souls
footprints on our hearts

Some share a moment and quickly go
Some stay for awhile
and embrace our silent dreams
delicate winds of hope


They help us become aware
Impart a passing whisper of wisdom
we discover truth within our souls
echo our inner thoughts

Reflected in our hearts
Others reveal a stairway to the stars
woven with dreams
courage to reach high

Some people cast a steady light
Guide every step on our path
faith in all we aspire to be
shining belief in us
Others teach us about love
Reveal beauty in pain
move our souls to sing
dance to love's rhythm

Beautiful precious souls...
meant to share our journey
However brief or lasting their stay
Embrace the miracle