Christina Rossetti - The Convent Threshold [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

Wykonawca: Christina Rossetti
Album: The Poems of Christina G. Rossetti
Gatunek: Poetry

Twórz Groove z nami!
Wyślij okładkę tej piosenki!
Wysyłany plik musi być typu: png lub jpg. Żaden plik nie został wysłany. Dziękujemy za wysłanie okładki.

Tekst piosenki

There's blood between us, love, my love,
There's father's blood, there's brother's blood;
And blood's a bar I cannot pass:
I choose the stairs that mount above,
Stair after golden skyward stair,
To city and to sea of glass.
My lily feet are soiled with mud,
With scarlet mud which tells a tale
Of hope that was, of guilt that was,
Of love that shall not yet avail;
Alas, my heart, if I could bare
My heart, this self-same stain is there:
I seek the sea of glass and fire
To wash the spot, to burn the snare;
Lo, stairs are meant to lift us higher:
Mount with me, mount the kindled stair.

        Your eyes look earthward, mine look up.
I see the far-off city grand,
Beyond the hills a watered land,
Beyond the gulf a gleaming strand
Of mansions where the righteous sup;
Who sleep at ease among their trees,
Or wake to sing a cadenced hymn
With Cherubim and Seraphim;
They bore the Cross, they drained the cup,
Racked, roasted, crushed, wrenched limb from limb,
They the offscouring of the world:
The heaven of starry heavens unfurled,
The sun before their face is dim.

You looking earthward, what see you?
Milk-white, wine-flushed among the vines,
Up and down leaping, to and fro,
Most glad, most full, made strong with wines,
Blooming as peaches pearled with dew,
Their golden windy hair afloat,
Love-music warbling in their throat,
Young men and women come and go.

        You linger, yet the time is short:
Flee for your life, gird up your strength
To flee: the shadows stretched at length
Show that day wanes, that night draws nigh;
Flee to the mountain, tarry not.
Is this a time for smile and sigh,
For songs among the secret trees
Where sudden bluebirds nest and sport?
The time is short and yet you stay:
To-day, while it is called to-day,
Kneel, wrestle, knock, do violence, pray;
To-day is short, to-morrow nigh:
Why will you die? why will you die?

        You sinned with me a pleasant sin:
Repent with me, for I repent.
Woe's me the lore I must unlearn!
Woe's me that easy way we went,
So rugged when I would return!
How long until my sleep begin,
How long shall stretch these nights and days?
Surely, clean Angels cry, she prays;
She laves her soul with tedious tears:
How long must stretch these years and years?

        I turn from you my cheeks and eyes,
My hair which you shall see no more,--
Alas for joy that went before,
For joy that dies, for love that dies.
Only my lips still turn to you,
My livid lips that cry, Repent!
O weary life, O weary Lent,
O weary time whose stars are few!

         How should I rest in Paradise,
Or sit on steps of Heaven alone?
If Saints and Angels spoke of love
Should I not answer from my throne?
Have pity upon me, ye my friends,
For I have heard the sound thereof:
Should I not turn with yearning eyes,
Turn earthwards with a pitiful pang?
O save me from a pang in Heaven!
By all the gifts we took and gave,
Repent, repent, and be forgiven:
This life is long, but yet it ends;
Repent and purge your soul and save:
No gladder song the morning stars
Upon their birthday morning sang
Than Angels sing when one repents.

        I tell you what I dreamed last night:
A spirit with transfigured face
Fire-footed clomb an infinite space.
I heard his hundred pinions clang,
Heaven-bells rejoicing rang and rang,
Heaven-air was thrilled with subtle scents,
Worlds spun upon their rushing cars:
He mounted shrieking: "Give me light!"
Still light was poured on him, more light;
Angels, Archangels he outstripped,
Exultant in exceeding might,
And trod the skirts of Cherubim.
Still "Give me light," he shrieked; and dipped
His thirsty face, and drank a sea,
Athirst with thirst it could not slake.
I saw him, drunk with knowledge, take
From aching brows the aureole crown,--
His locks writhed like a cloven snake,--
He left his throne to grovel down
And lick the dust of Seraphs' feet:
For what is knowledge duly weighed?
Knowledge is strong, but love is sweet;
Yea, all the progress he had made
Was but to learn that all is small
Save love, for love is all in all.

        I tell you what I dreamed last night:
It was not dark, it was not light,
Cold dews had drenched my plenteous hair
Through clay; you came to seek me there.
And "Do you dream of me?" you said.
My heart was dust that used to leap
To you; I answered half asleep:
"My pillow is damp, my sheets are red,
There's a leaden tester to my bed:
Find you a warmer playfellow,
A warmer pillow for your head,
A kinder love to love than mine."
You wrung your hands; while I like lead
Crushed downwards through the sodden earth:
You smote your hands but not in mirth,
And reeled but were not drunk with wine.

        For all night long I dreamed of you:
I woke and prayed against my will,
Then slept to dream of you again.
At length I rose and knelt and prayed:
I cannot write the words I said,
My words were slow, my tears were few;
But through the dark my silence spoke
Like thunder. When this morning broke,
My face was pinched, my hair was gray,
And frozen blood was on the sill
Where stifling in my struggle I lay.

        If now you saw me you would say:
Where is the face I used to love?
And I would answer: Gone before;
It tarries veiled in Paradise.
When once the morning star shall rise,
When earth with shadow flees away
And we stand safe within the door,
Then you shall lift the veil thereof.
Look up, rise up: for far above
Our palms are grown, our place is set;
There we shall meet as once we met,
And love with old familiar love.

Tłumaczenie piosenki

Nikt nie dodał jeszcze tłumaczenia do tej piosenki. Bądź pierwszy!
Jeśli znasz język na tyle, aby móc swobodnie przetłumaczyć ten tekst, zrób to i dołóż swoją cegiełkę do opisu tej piosenki. Po sprawdzeniu tłumaczenia przez naszych redaktorów, dodamy je jako oficjalne tłumaczenie utworu!

+ Dodaj tłumaczenie

Wyślij Niestety coś poszło nie tak, spróbuj później. Treść tłumaczenia musi być wypełniona.
Dziękujemy za wysłanie tłumaczenia.
Nasi najlepsi redaktorzy przejrzą jego treść, gdy tylko będzie to możliwe. Status swojego tłumaczenia możesz obserwować na stronie swojego profilu.

Interpretacja piosenki

Dziękujemy za wysłanie interpretacji
Nasi najlepsi redaktorzy przejrzą jej treść, gdy tylko będzie to możliwe.
Status swojej interpretacji możesz obserwować na stronie swojego profilu.
Dodaj interpretację
Jeśli wiesz o czym śpiewa wykonawca, potrafisz czytać "między wierszami" i znasz historię tego utworu, możesz dodać interpretację tekstu. Po sprawdzeniu przez naszych redaktorów, dodamy ją jako oficjalną interpretację utworu!

Wyślij Niestety coś poszło nie tak, spróbuj później. Treść interpretacji musi być wypełniona.

Lub dodaj całkowicie nową interpretację - dodaj interpretację
Wyślij Niestety coś poszło nie tak, spróbuj później. Treść poprawki musi być wypełniona. Dziękujemy za wysłanie poprawki.
Najpopularniejsze od Christina Rossetti
One Sea-Side Grave
1,4k
{{ like_int }}
One Sea-Side Grave
Christina Rossetti
Goblin Market
982
{{ like_int }}
Goblin Market
Christina Rossetti
"A Helpmeet For Him"
884
{{ like_int }}
"A Helpmeet For Him"
Christina Rossetti
Passing And Glassing
694
{{ like_int }}
Passing And Glassing
Christina Rossetti
Remember
679
{{ like_int }}
Komentarze
2.
982
5.
679
6.
677
8.
640
9.
632
10.
599
12.
593
15.
567
16.
566
18.
556
20.
546
21.
526
22.
526
24.
503
26.
498
29.
489
31.
489
33.
488
35.
485
38.
478
39.
477
40.
476
41.
Eve
472
42.
471
43.
469
45.
466
48.
464
55.
456
56.
453
57.
452
60.
451
62.
448
63.
448
64.
446
65.
446
68.
441
71.
441
72.
441
74.
441
75.
440
77.
439
78.
439
79.
439
81.
433
87.
431
88.
431
91.
429
94.
428
96.
427
97.
427
98.
427
101.
427
103.
426
104.
425
107.
425
108.
424
109.
424
110.
424
111.
424
116.
422
118.
421
120.
421
122.
420
123.
420
124.
420
126.
420
127.
420
130.
419
131.
419
133.
418
134.
418
135.
418
138.
418
139.
418
142.
417
143.
416
145.
415
147.
415
148.
414
149.
413
150.
413
151.
412
152.
412
153.
412
154.
411
155.
411
156.
411
158.
410
159.
409
161.
408
163.
407
164.
407
165.
406
168.
405
170.
403
171.
402
172.
401
173.
401
175.
401
177.
399
178.
399
179.
399
183.
396
185.
396
186.
395
187.
May
395
188.
395
190.
393
191.
393
192.
392
194.
391
196.
391
197.
391
198.
390
200.
388
201.
388
202.
388
206.
383
207.
383
209.
377
211.
371
212.
366
Polecane przez Groove
Amore Mio
3,8k
{{ like_int }}
Amore Mio
Boski Heniek
Wynalazek Filipa Golarza
716
{{ like_int }}
Wynalazek Filipa Golarza
Sobel
Futurama 3 (fanserwis)
788
{{ like_int }}
Futurama 3 (fanserwis)
Quebonafide
APT.
17,4k
{{ like_int }}
APT.
Bruno Mars
Dolce Vita
2,1k
{{ like_int }}
Dolce Vita
Kizo
Popularne teksty
Siedem
53,6k
{{ like_int }}
Siedem
Team X
34+35
45,3k
{{ like_int }}
Love Not War (The Tampa Beat)
26,5k
{{ like_int }}
Love Not War (The Tampa Beat)
Jason Derulo
SEKSOHOLIK
180,5k
{{ like_int }}
SEKSOHOLIK
Żabson
Snowman
81,5k
{{ like_int }}
Snowman
Sia