{"id":986,"date":"2020-11-02T19:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marraidh.com\/?p=986"},"modified":"2021-01-22T09:36:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T09:36:47","slug":"lhorloge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marraidh.com\/en\/lhorloge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Horloge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I was supposed to go for a walk around the city with the guys. The plan was this: I take pictures of beautiful night views, make a post with them, so as not to write anything smart, but for you - to enjoy. The plan failed miserably, because everyone got sick except me. Thank God, I only have problems with my head.

But I have an idea for another entertaining post. I'll just throw you a song that's stuck in my head (they say it helps with earworm) and explain why it's interesting.

First, a little about the performer. She is very famous in Gesia and other Gesian-speaking countries (no surprise), and even more so in Eastern Orova (funny). For over thirty years, there have been rumors that she had elves in her family, in addition to humans, but it is unclear how true they are. But judging by how strangely she ages, it is very likely.

Now about the lyrics. This is actually a poem from the nineteenth century - a kind of symbolic-decadent elegy on the theme of time. If you can read it in the original, in Hessian, then you better do so. I'm too picky, as always, but I don't like any of the available translations =D

Original and English translations: https:\/\/fleursdumal.org\/poem\/218<\/a>
Retsinsky translation: http:\/\/www.world-art.ru\/lyric\/lyric.php?id=17596<\/a>

Now a little about the music. This is one of the great examples of how well minimalism can work in modern music. Mylene doesn't even sing - she just recites the lines to a repeating motif, but it suits the dark mood of the verse very well - not least because of the visuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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