Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: french
Song Meaning of “Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux, R 125: XIII. Le cygne” by Camille Saint-Saëns
This beautiful song from Camille Saint-Saëns’ Le carnaval des animaux is a soothing and peaceful lullaby featuring an exceptionally beautiful solo cello. The song is about a white swan, gracefully and majestically floating across a lake. Its graceful movements, perfectly in tune with the music of the cello, are observed by a lone fisherman.
The solo cello accompanying this beautiful swan is meant to be the manifestation of the swan’s own heart and soul, with its intense yet delicate melodies embodying the graceful movements of the bird. With its delicate theme, the song is also expressing a silent sorrow within the majestic creature’s heart, an overwhelming sadness that cannot be expressed in words.
The song serves as a reminder that beauty can come from sadness and sorrow. We can learn to cope with our sadness by tuning into our inner selves. The sadness can in fact become a source of grace and beauty that can be shared with the world, just like the swan’s movements, endlessly gliding across the lake.