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Artist: Rufus Wainwright
Canonical path: /rufus-wainwright/au-fond-du-temple-saint
Related lyric paths: 6
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Au Fond Du Temple Saint
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Au Fond Du Temple Saint
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David Byrne
Au fond du temple saint
Parée de fleurs et d'or,
Une femme apparaît!
Rufus Wainwright
Une femme apparaît!
Byrne
Je crois la voir encore!
Wainwright
Je crois la voir encore!
Byrne
La foule prosternée
La regarde, etonnée,
Et murmure tout bas:
Voyez, c'est la déesse!
Qui dans l'ombre se dresse
Et vers nous tend les bras!
Wainwright
Son voile se soulève!
Ô vision! ô rêve!
La foule est à genoux!
Byrne & Wainwright
Oui, c'est elle!
C'est la déesse
Plus charmante et plus belle!
Oui, c'est elle!
C'est la déesse
Qui descend parmi nous!
Son voile se soulève et la foule est à genoux!
Byrne
Mais à travers la foule
Elle s'ouvre un passage!
Wainwright
Son long voile déjà
Nous cache son visage!
Byrne
Mon regard, hélas!
La cherche en vain!
Wainwright
Elle fuit!
Byrne
Elle fuit!
Byrne & Wainwright
Oh oui, jurons de rester amis!
Oui, c'est elle! C'est la déesse!
En ce jour qui vient nous unir,
Et fidèle à ma promesse,
Comme un frère je veux te chérir!
C'est elle, c'est la déesse
Qui vient en ce jour nous unir!
Oui, partageons le même sort,
Soyons unis jusqu'à la mort!
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Rufus Wainwright performs "Au Fond Du Temple Saint", and this lyric page sits inside the Rufus Wainwright catalog on LyroVerse.
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