by
Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
Ebb tide
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE
When the long day goes by
And I do not see your face,
The old wild, restless sorrow
Steals from its hiding place.
My day is barren and broken,
Bereft of light and song,
A beach bleak and windy
That moans the whole day long.
To the empty beach at ebb tide,
Bare with its rocks and scars,
Come back like the sea with singing,
And light of a million stars.
Confirmed with Sara Teasdale, Love Songs, New York, The Macmillan Company, 1917, page 60.
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- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Marée basse", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Marée basse
Language: French (Français)  after the English
Quand passe une longue journée
Et que je ne vois pas ton visage,
Un vieux chagrin sauvage et inquiet
Se glisse hors de sa cachette.
Ma journée est stérile et brisée,
Privée de lumière et de chant,
Page morne et ventée
Qui gémit tout au long du jour.
Vers la plage vide à marée basse,
Stérile avec ses rochers et cicatrices,
Reviens comme la mer avec des chants
Et la lumière de millions d'étoiles.
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