Diamanda Galas / Ch. Baudelaire: Les litanies du satan I/II

Listen to part I/II!

Translation:

The Litany of Satan


O you, the wisest and fairest of the Angels,
God betrayed by destiny and deprived of praise,


O Satan, take pity on my long misery!


O Prince of Exile, you who have been wronged
And who vanquished always rise up again more strong,


O Satan, take pity on my long misery!


You who know all, great king of hidden things,
The familiar healer of human sufferings,


O Satan, take pity on my long misery!


You who teach through love the taste for Heaven
To the cursed pariah, even to the leper,


O Satan, take pity on my long misery!


You who of Death, your mistress old and strong,
Have begotten Hope, — a charming madcap!


O Satan, take pity on my long misery!


You who give the outlaw that calm and haughty look
That damns the whole multitude around his scaffold.


O Satan, take pity on my long misery!


You who know in what nooks of the miserly earth
A jealous God has hidden precious stones,


O Satan, take pity on my long misery!


You whose clear eye sees the deep arsenals
Where the tribe of metals sleeps in its tomb,


O Satan, take pity on my long misery!


You whose broad hand conceals the precipice
From the sleep-walker wandering on the building's ledge,


O Satan, take pity on my long misery!


You who soften magically the old bones
Of belated drunkards trampled by the horses,


O Satan, take pity on my long misery!


You who to console frail mankind in its sufferings
Taught us to mix sulphur and saltpeter,


O Satan, take pity on my long misery!


You who put your mark, O subtle accomplice,
Upon the brow of Croesus, base and pitiless,


O Satan, take pity on my long misery!


You who put in the eyes and hearts of prostitutes
The cult of sores and the love of rags and tatters,


O Satan, take pity on my long misery!


Staff of those in exile, lamp of the inventor,
Confessor of the hanged and of conspirators,


O Satan, take pity on my long misery!


Adopted father of those whom in black rage
— God the Father drove from the earthly paradise,


O Satan, take pity on my long misery!


Prayer


Glory and praise to you, O Satan, in the heights
Of Heaven where you reigned and in the depths
Of Hell where vanquished you dream in silence!
Grant that my soul may someday repose near to you
Under the Tree of Knowledge, when, over your brow,
Its branches will spread like a new Temple!


— William Aggeler, The Flowers of Evil (Fresno, CA: Academy Library Guild, 1954)

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[intre4si32]

@Yuektawekai

dude in anatolian war not greeks but armenians were murdered in millions

[vacuumnoise]

@Neweddy24 its whatever you want it to be.

[AmOnDeathBreath]

μαλακα.....

[Caostorm777]

Amazing!Fantastic! The most perfec female voice I've been heard...

A personal and completely different version to interprete this Baudelaire's poem!

Diamanda Galás is the perfection...hear her music in general, see the others videos, and you'll see that!

Kissesss, my darkest Lady!!!

[Yuektawekai]

Diamanda is Greek and she is very , very influenced by the story of her people..now millions of people were massacred during the Anatolian war..she sings about human cruelty because her people knows about it. She is trying to makes us aware that human beings are capable of evil and we better accept is and do something..It would be so easy to ignore AIDS, discrimination and war but she does not and well it is strong but she's speaking about hard issues. She is not SAtanic.,

[LetsReal]

It increases your intensity, whatever you are doing. I was reading about Buddhism and Taoism at the time. Avoid it if you are already in an adverse situation.

[krsnalucinogeno]

EL DIABLO NO EXISTE SOLO EXISTE EL HOMBRE Y DIOS

[navojoARISTOCRAT]

whoa, holy shit, i stumbled upon this searching for baudelaire and i get this

crazy bitch. this witch is an Elvira that got into the medicine cabinet. why am i intrigued, now i have tea

[SATANICMINDS]

@Uluwatusunrise who in the fuck are you to think you know? youre a delusional liar who is afraid of death and uncertainty.you've picked a lie and your sticking to it. kudos! i prefer to infinitley ponder the the great mystery because thats what it is you fool! you have now been blocked you impossible know- it- all and possesser of absolute divine truth. in short......FREAK!!!!!!!!!!!

[Uluwatusunrise]

@SATANICMINDS Okay man. Listen, when you find yourself wondering if there is more to life--there is! Listen to the video "Save Me From Myself Brian "Head" Welch" You probably know more about the former Korn guitarist than I do as his isn't my style of music, but I've listened to interviews with Brian and he has a story worth sharing with the world. It might resonate with you.