by
Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)
Qui sait où s'enfuit
Language: French (Français)
Qui sait où s'enfuit
Le sang de nos veines ?
Que de choses vaines
Notre âme poursuit !
Lèvres de fleurs pleines,
Qui sait, dans la nuit,
Où le vent conduit
Vos chères haleines ?
Sait tout qui sait bien,
Qu'il n'est de vrai bien,
Qu'au cœur où s'attache
L'amoureux souci.
Aimons sans relâche !
Aimons sans merci !
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Melancholy sonnet", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 54
Melancholy sonnet
Language: English after the French (Français)
Who knows to where flows
The blood in our veins?
What vain things
Does our soul pursue!
Full lips of flowers;
Who knows, in the night,
Where the wind blows
Your dear breath?
One knows everything who knows
That there is no true good
Other than a heart that is full of
Loving care.
Let's love without interruption!
Let's love without mercy!
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