The Penguin Book of French Poetry by Various

Author:Various
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Group USA, Inc.
Published: 2009-07-25T10:00:00+00:00

La vie est plus vaine une image

Que l’ombre sur le mur.

Pourtant l’hiéroglyphe obscur

Qu’y trace ton passage

M’enchante, et ton rire pareil

Au vif éclat des armes;

Et jusqu’à ces menteuses larmes

Qui miraient le soleil.

Mourir non plus n’est ombre vaine.

La nuit, quand tu as peur,

N’écoute pas battre ton cœur:

C’est une étrange peine.

LXX

Life is an image hollower than the shadow on the wall. Yet the mysterious hieroglyph inscribed there as you pass

Enthralls me, and your laughter like the vivid lustre of weapons; and even those deceitful tears that mirrored the sun.

Nor is dying a hollow shadow. At night, when you are afraid, do not listen to your beating heart: it is a strange affliction.

Chanson: Le Temps d’Adonis

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