Un beau jour, ou peut-etre une nuit,
Près d'un lac, je m'étais endormie,
Quand soudain, semblant crever le ciel,
Et venant de nulle part,
Surgit un aigle noir.
• Translation: One fine day, or perhaps one night,
Near a lake,when I'm sleeping,
Suddenly, the skies cave in,
And out of nowhere,
Surges an eagle, black." - Meaning and context.">
L'Aigle noir.
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Un beau jour, ou peut-etre une nuit,
Près d'un lac, je m'étais endormie,
Quand soudain, semblant crever le ciel,
Et venant de nulle part,
Surgit un aigle noir.

• Translation: One fine day, or perhaps one night,
Near a lake,when I'm sleeping,
Suddenly, the skies cave in,
And out of nowhere,
Surges an eagle, black.

— Barbara (singer)

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Un beau jour, ou peut-etre une nuit,
Près d'un lac, je m'étais endormie,
Quand soudain, semblant crever le ciel,
Et venant de nulle part,
Surgit un aigle noir.

• Translation: One fine day, or perhaps one night,
Near a lake,when I'm sleeping,
Suddenly, the skies cave in,
And out of nowhere,
Surges an eagle, black." in the context of "L'Aigle noir." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Barbara (singer)" (Song lyrics) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
Barbara (singer)

About Barbara (singer)

Monique Andrée Serf (June 9, 1930 – November 24, 1997), known as Barbara (Barbara Brodi in her debut), was a popular French female singer.