by
Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
Biplan le matin
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Le bruit de l'aéro se fane à la descente
La voix du ciel nouveau, toupie
O Orion module
Dans le matin chargé d'émotion de vivre
Ma cour sonore
Le bruit profond des seaux remués dans la cour
Un chien qui joue
L'archange aux ailes solides va chez la Vierge Marie
Aux environs de Paris
Foule Une brume violette Il fait beau
Le général
PICON BYRRH PETIT JOURNAL
La Seine coule et désaltère
Les pont frais comme des tombeaux
Et haut et haut lève la tête
Un orgue dans le Paradis
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Biplane in the morning", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 16
Word count: 90
Biplane in the morning
Language: English  after the French (Français)
The sound of the airplane fading during its descent
The voice of the new heaven, spinning
Oh Orion, modulate
In the morning emotionally charged with life
My sonorous courtyard
The deep sound of buckets disturbed in the courtyard
A dog who is playing
The archangel with solid wings going home with the Virgin Mary
In the environs on Paris
Flock A purple haze It’s beautiful
The general
PICON BYRRH LITTLE NEWSPAPER
The River Seine flows and quenches
The bridge cool as tombs
And high and high rasie your head
An organ in paradise
Translator's note for line 1-16: Byrrh and Amer Picon are popular liquers that have a bittersweet flavor. They are not as intensely flavored as bitters, so medium-sized bottles would be present on the top of a bar.
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Line count: 16
Word count: 93