The caterpillar
Language: English
Caterpillar on the wall,
Whither, whither do you crawl?
You know not, yourself, methinks,
Strange and wandering little sphinx!
I will tell you where to go,
Underneath the winter snow
In an old tree's secret hole
You shall hide your little soul.
There, with summer, you shall [sleep]1,
Thence, with summer you shall leap,
Wave your fairy wings on high,
Sip the flowers and kiss the sky.
Emblem worm of many [a]2 thing,
So the [poet's]3 mind can spring
Through the hush of brooding hours,
Kiss the sky and sip the flowers.
Translation(s): FRE
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1 Albéniz: "learn"
2 omitted by Albéniz
3 Albéniz: "joyous"
Submitted by Jean-Pierre Granger
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La chenille
Language: French (Français) after the English
Chenille sur le mur
Mais vers où donc te traines-tu ainsi ?
Tu ne le sais pas toi-même, il me semble,
Étrange petit sphinx errant !
Je vais te dire où aller,
Sous la couverture de neige hivernale
Dans une cavité secrète d'un veil arbre,
Tu y cacheras ta petite âme.
Là, en été tu apprendras,
De là, en été tu t'élèveras,
Tu battras dans les airs, tes ailes de fée,
Boiras au calice des fleurs et embrasseras les cieux.
Vers emblématique de maintes choses,
Pour que l'esprit joyeux puisse jaillir
À travers le silence des heures maussades,
Embrasser les cieux et boire au calice des fleurs.
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