"J'entends, J'entends" by Anna Karina

Anna Karina sings Jean Ferrat's poem "J'entends J'entends" in Jean-Luc Godard's "Bande à Part"

Karin's Cabin

There's a lodge on the hill

and it's buried in snow

it's a home to awake

 

it's a home for lost souls

where a family's born

at an opulent meal

 

halved oranges glow

the pomegranates reveal

a cluster of crimsons

a still life come true

nothing that we are lacking

nothing that we could lose

 And exstatic laughter is filling the air

a baroque celebration

under gold chandeliers

Stars enlighten the passage in the night

where the moon is radiating

everything will ignite

like the fireworks guiding us in a new year

the corona in colours so bright in the sphere -

delirious dancing beyond the dimensions

a festive sensation of our existence.

Poem of the Atoms

O day, arise!

The atoms are dancing,
overcome with ecstasy.

I'll whisper in your ear where their dance is leading them.

All the atoms in the air and in the desert know well,
 they seem insane.

Every single atom, happy...or miserable,
becomes enamoured of the sun, 

of which nothing can be said. 

Jalal ad-Din Rumi

Pardonner

Et conserver mon humanité,

 du caprice et de la volonté, 

qui sont aussi amers parfois,

 mais ne m'oublient pas jamais encore;

 Dans moments de souffrance,

 des privations aussi,

 ou des fils d'hommes qui m'ont utilisé,

 qui vivent hautain mais sans dignité, 

je voudrais pardonner pourtant à la fin.

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And preserve my humanity
from whim, will and mercy,
 which may be bitter at times
but still never forgets me;
In times of despair, of deprivation too,
from children of man who exploit to make do,
who are living with pride but without amend,
 I still want to forgive after all in the end.

Prairies

Moving on to unkonwn prairies

without nostalgia

to unwritten stories.

Inquisitive striving
with eager adjustment.
Prosperous progress
to abandon the custom.

Ready to scout

and eager to spot

 yet pristine paths

in fairness throughout.

Leaving the past behind

gently and light
with crystal clear thoughts in mind
evolving in time.

With attention to details
and lucid awareness
reframing the presence
for a future of blessings.

Moving on to unkonwn prairies

without nostalgia

to unwritten stories.

Natural Responses

Our eyes are sparkling not of love 

but the excitement of

the natural responses that our bodies send

we do understand 

that every now and than you've got to let it go

sometimes you've got to 

take hold of the moment that

presents itself in gifts unwrapped

Ethereal Jaunts

Everything around us is looking like it's real

no meta-level here, let's forget the theory

everything we care about is only what we feel

the mind is on holiday when our bodies meet

we're travelling

to places so far

ethereal jaunts

to the moon and the stars

Autopilot Regression

Excessive thoughts

though just ineffective

Cause always the same

Without sense and aim

Therefore no resolving

Metamorphosis repeating

In circles revolving

Ever searching for meaning

Without a connection

To outer occasions

Neglecting key questions

Autopilot regression

Self-inflicted ego

Twixt micro and macro

Constant antagonism

Between foolery and reason.