L'été
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Il brille, le sauvage Été,
La poitrine pleine de roses.
Il brûle tout, hommes et choses,
Dans sa placide cruauté.
Il met le désir effronté
Sur les jeunes lèvres déscloses;
Il brille, le sauvage Été,
La poitrine pleine de roses.
Roi superbe, il plane irrité
Dans des splendeurs d'apothéoses
Sur les horizons grandioses;
Fauve dans la blanche clarté,
Il brille, le sauvage Été.
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Summer", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 63
Summer
Language: English  after the French (Français)
It shines, the wild summer,
Its breast full of roses.
It burns everything, people and things,
Through its placid cruelty.
It places shameless desire
Onto young, parted lips;
It shines, the wild summer,
Its breast full of roses.
Haughty king, it glides full of anger
in the splendor of apotheoses
Over the grand horizons;
Fawn1 in the white light,
It shines, the wild summer.
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1 "Fauve" can refer to any wild, untamed, animal: most often a fawn or cat. The word also describes a colorful Cubist movement in modern painting.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2016 by Laura Prichard, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2016-05-17
Line count: 13
Word count: 64