1) A German folk a… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least three artists using this name:
1) A German folk and mediaeval band. Founding members were Birgit Muggenthaler (Schandmaul) and Oliver Sa Tyr (Faun). Oliver left in 2008 due to multiple other activities and Birgit continued to play with a changing line-up of well-known musicians of the medieval and folk scene.
They released their first album, Aire, in 2004. In 2008 Metamorphosis was to follow. The latest album is Labyrinth released in 2012.
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2) Bulgarian DJ from Camp Sessions crew
3) Trance producer Piotr Sawicki alias Sava, from Poland.
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Le temps
Sava Lyrics
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passagée,
Un song mensonger et muable?
La vie est toutefois comparable
au songe vagabond
au songe tremblant
Est-il rien de plus vain, que l'ombrage remuant?
La vie est toutefois comparable
à l'ombrage tremblant
à l'ombrage inconstant
Le temps a laissé son manteau
chacun s'habille de nouveau, il n'y a
ni bête ni oyseau
qui ne chante en son jargon:
Envole-toi loin, mon esprit
de ces miasmes obscures et morbides
et va te purifier dans l'air supérieur
et bois comme une pure et divine liqueur
le feu qui remplit l'espace limpide
In Sava's song Le temps, the lyrics talk about the fleeting nature of life and how it can be compared to a dream or a passing shadow. The first stanza questions the value of a wandering dream, which is fleeting and changeable, and compares it to life's transience. The second stanza similarly questions the value of a moving shadow, which is unstable and unpredictable, and draws a comparison to the fleeting nature of life as well.
The third and final stanza speaks about the passing of time and how everyone must move forward and embrace change. It describes how time has shed its cloak, and everyone must now clothe themselves anew. And despite a sense of confusion or chaos in the world, all creatures continue to sing their own language. The stanza concludes with a call to the spirit to rise above the obscure and morbid surroundings and purify itself in the clear air, and imbibe the divine fire that fills the space.
There is a sense of melancholy and introspection in the lyrics of Le temps, as well as a call to seize the moment, to embrace change and to strive for purity and clarity amidst the chaos of life.
Line by Line Meaning
Et-il riende plus vain, qu'un songe vagabond passagée, Un song mensonger et muable?
Is there anything more futile than a wandering dream, a deceitful and changeable dream?
La vie est toutefois comparable au songe vagabond au songe tremblant
Nevertheless, life can be compared to the wandering and quivering dream
Est-il rien de plus vain, que l'ombrage remuant? L'ombrage inconstant et peu stable?
Is there anything more futile than the moving shadow? The unstable and unsteady shadow?
La vie est toutefois comparable à l'ombrage tremblant à l'ombrage inconstant
Nevertheless, life can be compared to the trembling and unsteadying shadow
Le temps a laissé son manteau chacun s'habille de nouveau, il n'y a ni bête ni oyseau qui ne chante en son jargon:
The time has shed its cloak, and each one dresses anew, and not a single animal or bird that doesn't sing in its own language:
Envole-toi loin, mon esprit de ces miasmes obscures et morbides et va te purifier dans l'air supérieur et bois comme une pure et divine liqueur le feu qui remplit l'espace limpide
Fly away, my spirit, from these obscure and morbid miasmas and go purify yourself in the upper air, and drink like a pure and divine liquor the fire that fills the clear space
Contributed by Sebastian C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.