Oh! the solo of the clarionets, the beloved women, with the harp accompaniment!
Oh! le solo des clarinettes, les femmes aimées, avec l’accompagnement des harpes!
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
I sometimes wonder what dreams lay concealed inside that royal harp whose ghostly presence dominated our living room for so many years, whose silhouette against the window marked my childhood without a sound.
Je me demande parfois quels rêves cachait cette harpe royale dont la présence fantomatique domina notre salon toutes ces années. Cette harpe dont la silhouette se découpant dans la lumière de la fenêtre marqua mon enfance sans jamais émettre un son.
Mingus, Sue / Tonight at noonMingus, Sue / Pour l'amour de Mingus
In one corner half a dozen sons of Orpheus twanged away upon harp, guitar, and bandolin; occasionally helping out the music with a shrill half-Indian chant.
Dans un coin, une demi-douzaine de fils d'Orphée faisaient résonner des harpes, des guitares et des mandolines; de temps en temps, ils rehaussaient cette musique par un chant aigu, à la manière indienne.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
As I listened it seemed to me that the harp of Job, from which I had drawn such savage sounds, now touched by the Christian fingers gave forth the litanies of the Virgin at the foot of the cross.
En l’écoutant, il me semblait que la harpe de Job de laquelle j’avais tiré de sauvages accords, maintenant maniée par des doigts chrétiens, y répondait en chantant les litanies de la Vierge au pied de la croix.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
I recognised the tones of the Spanish harp, but the song was French, a song of Normandy; and the words were in the language of that romantic land.
Je reconnais les sons de la harpe espagnole, mais la musique est française; c'est une chanson normande; les paroles appartiennent à la langue de cette contrée romantique.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
He kept harping on the subject, and spoke of money matters till she at last became embarrassed, and ended by telling him of everything-the last copper she had spent that morning, and the silk dress she had pledged in order to dine that evening.
Il insista, parla d’argent. Elle se troublait, elle finit par avouer tout, le dernier sou mangé le matin, la robe de soie engagée pour le dîner du soir.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
The voices descended, taking their flight under the vaulted ceilings with the airy sweetness of celestial harps; then in suave harmony they died away, reascended to the heavens as with a faint flapping of wings.
Les voix descendaient, volaient sous les voûtes, d’une légèreté de harpes célestes ; puis, elles s’évanouirent en un accord suave, elles remontèrent aux cieux avec un petit bruit d’ailes qui se perdit.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Add to my dictionary
Not found
User translations
No translations for this text yet. Be the first to translate it!
Collocations
play the harp
jouer de la harpe
Word forms
harp
noun
Singular
Plural
Common case
harp
harps
Possessive case
harp's
harps'
harp
verb
Basic forms
Past
harped
Imperative
harp
Present Participle (Participle I)
harping
Past Participle (Participle II)
harped
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I harp
we harp
you harp
you harp
he/she/it harps
they harp
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am harping
we are harping
you are harping
you are harping
he/she/it is harping
they are harping
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have harped
we have harped
you have harped
you have harped
he/she/it has harped
they have harped
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been harping
we have been harping
you have been harping
you have been harping
he/she/it has been harping
they have been harping
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I harped
we harped
you harped
you harped
he/she/it harped
they harped
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was harping
we were harping
you were harping
you were harping
he/she/it was harping
they were harping
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had harped
we had harped
you had harped
you had harped
he/she/it had harped
they had harped
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been harping
we had been harping
you had been harping
you had been harping
he/she/it had been harping
they had been harping
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will harp
we shall/will harp
you will harp
you will harp
he/she/it will harp
they will harp
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be harping
we shall/will be harping
you will be harping
you will be harping
he/she/it will be harping
they will be harping
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have harped
we shall/will have harped
you will have harped
you will have harped
he/she/it will have harped
they will have harped
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been harping
we shall/will have been harping
you will have been harping
you will have been harping
he/she/it will have been harping
they will have been harping
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would harp
we should/would harp
you would harp
you would harp
he/she/it would harp
they would harp
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be harping
we should/would be harping
you would be harping
you would be harping
he/she/it would be harping
they would be harping
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have harped
we should/would have harped
you would have harped
you would have harped
he/she/it would have harped
they would have harped
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice