by
Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor
L'Indifférent
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): CAT ENG GER NOR
Tes yeux sont doux comme ceux d'une fille,
Jeune étranger,
Et la courbe fine
De ton beau visage de duvet ombragé
Est plus séduisante encor de ligne.
Ta lèvre chante sur le pas de ma porte
Une langue inconnue et charmante
Comme une musique fausse.
Entre! Et que mon vin te réconforte...
Mais non, tu passes
Et de mon seuil je te vois t'éloigner
Me faisant un dernier geste avec grâce
Et la hanche légèrement ployée
Par ta démarche féminine et lasse...
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "L’indiferent", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , "The indifferent one", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Gleichgültige", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Den likegyldige", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 14
Word count: 82
The indifferent one
Language: English  after the French (Français)
Your eyes are soft, like those of a girl,
Young stranger,
And the fine curve
Of your handsome face with shadowed down
Is more seductive still.
Your lip sings, on the step of my door,
A tongue unknown and charming
Like dissonant music.
Enter! And let my wine comfort you. . . .
But no, you pass by
And from my door I watch you depart,
Making a last graceful gesture to me,
Your hip lightly bent
In your feminine and weary gait. . . .
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This text was added to the website: 2005-07-25
Line count: 14
Word count: 86