The
First Satyricon Songs
H.W. Gade with his sister 1975
Photo Courtesy Finn Haastrup © 1975
To Irene
1. Summerhouse
in the burning sunlight,
The wind is whispering in ancient sorrow.
The grass is humming with dragonflies,
And behind your window the fireplace’s
lit.
Chorus Water’s rising above your sanctuaries.
2. On
the sofa the lady’s lying,
She’s dressed in black like the unbound
swallows.
The heat has narrowed the eyes of fire,
A shadow’s fight on the silent mouth.
3. Wilderness
in the modern ages,
The light is sparse in your darkened
house.
Like a moth through an open window,
You’re helplessly caught in the flaming
void.
Original text and musik ©
H.W. Gade/forlaget Svid 1973
English translation H.W. Gade 2000
To Irene
1. Nothing
you may say,
Nothing you present me,
Ev’ry word, ev’ry smile.
Ev’ry little no,
Ev’ry new rejection,
When you laugh, when you lecture.
Chorus Nothing you may say,
Can hold me back,
From your loving arms,
When you are here,
Close to me,
Even if you won’t,
Even if you won’t.
2. The
raindrops on your chin,
Your hair when you are sleeping,
Let alone, you’re still with me.
Each and ev’ry no,
Turns to sympathy,
In your mouth, yes in your mouth.
3. Like
a bird with pinioned wings,
Longing for the heavens,
Like a fox in a trap,
Fighting to escape,
Bloody and forsaken,
I’m your prey I’m your love!
Envoy You
must surrender -
Text and
music © H.W. Gade 1974/2001
English
Translation © H.W. Gade 2001
To
Irene
1. Let the moon with lips of
silver,
Watch your slender body now.
You are wet from our passion,
Like a pavement in the rain.
In the desert of the bedroom,
You are like the waterhole.
Chorus The animals are coming now
2. You are crying, almost
happy,
Tears are shining on your cheek.
Let me swim inside your harbour,
In the waters black and deep.
I was born and bred in waters,
Like the ocean within you.
Chorus The animals are coming now
3. And I suck your breast and
fingers,
And I suck your tender skin.
Let me taste your hidden rivers,
With your girdle in my hair.
Let us drink, while we are living,
Let us drink, while we are here.
Chorus The animals are coming now
Original
text and music © H.W. Gade 1974
English translation © H.W. Gade 2000
1. Served you on my knees in
your bed,
Like in a frenzy.
Marble body dressed like a God.
With open trousers.
And you kick me again,
And your nipples turn golden.
Chorus You’re my Venus in Jeans,
I’m your lover in chains.
We take a ride.
Upon the wings of pain and
pleasure.
2. Speeding
through the night in a haze,
Of drunken kisses.
Come the Temple, Leather and Whip,
We’re almost flying.
You are gentle and cool,
You are sleepy and cruel.
3. Bite
me in the shoulder and lick me,
Where I’m bleeding.
Tie me up in roses and tell me,
That you love me.
While you’re turning me down,
While I’m taking your town,
Original
text and music © H.W. Gade 1974
Very free
English translation © H.W. Gade 2000
Tantra
1. While I’m lying dead in my
bed,
I can see you coming closer,
While I’m lying, blinded by light,
I can feel your hips around me.
Chorus You take me beyond the border,
You take me beyond the
border,.
You’re the angel of death
and darkness.
2. Night
has veiled my body in black,
I am stiff and you’re on top of me,
While you whisper, softly and cool:
“I’m the motion of eternity”.
Chorus
Interlude
Flames are burning in my breast,
Etching gently in my skin,
Without thoughts and without will,
A pillar is rising from my ashes,
Words are dying on my lips.
Ecstasy is swelling in my heart.
3. Winds
are howling, naked and wild,
Lifting the ashes cross the ocean.
In the boiling sea of the times,
Our bodies melt together.
Chorus
Epilogue You’re a woman’s open void,
You’re the darkness in
my day.
Original
text and music © H.W. Gade 1974
English
translation © H.W. Gade 2000-01
To Inger (1954-1980)
