Belle

“Belle” from Notre-Dame de Paris. This meshes two versions of The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Notre-Dame de Paris and Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame. I am using the French version of this song. For those of you who do not speak French here is the literal English translation (obtained from the subtitles on the Notre-Dame de Paris DVD): “Beauty It seems a word invented for her When she dances, revealing her body Like a bird spreads its wings to fly I feel the devil take me by the feet My eyes gazed under her gipsy dress What shall I pray to Mary for? Who Will cast the first stone at her? He who does not deserve to live Oh Satan! Oh! Let me just once Pass my fingers through the hair of Esmeralda Beauty Is she the devil incarnate Leading me from the Eternal Lord Who has bewitched me with carnal desire To turn me from heaven above? She carries inside the original sin Am I a criminal if I desire her? She Who all thought aw****, a girl of the street Suddenly seems to be humanity’s burden Oh! I beseech you Our Lady Oh! Allow me just once The entrance to Esmeralda’s garden Beauty Behind those eyes that cast a spell Could the girl still be a maiden When the moves she makes promise me the earth Underneath her rainbow skirt My betrothed, leave me one infidelity Before we’re joined by God What Man could resist gazing at her At the risk of becoming transfixed? Oh! My Lilly Flower I’m not a man to trust I’ll pluck the flower of Esmeralda’s love My eyes gazed under her gipsy dress What …