Rondel chinois
Language: French (Français)
Sur le lac bordé d'azalée
De nénuphar et de bambou
Passe une jonque d'acajou
A la pointe effilée.
Une Chinoise dort voilée
D'un flot de crèpe jusqu'au cou.
Sur le lac bordé d'azalée,
De nénuphar et de bambou.
Sous sa véranda dentelée
Un mandarin se tient debout
Fixant de ses yeux de hibou
La dame qui passe isolée
Sur le lac bordé d'azalée.
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Rondel on a Chinese scene", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 63
Rondel on a Chinese scene
Language: English after the French (Français)
On the lake bordered by azaleas,
waterlilies and bamboo,
a mahogany junk passes
with a finely-tapered prow.
A Chinese woman sleeps, with a veil
of crape flowing down to her neck,
on the lake bordered by azaleas,
waterlilies and bamboo.
Under his intricate veranda
a mandarin stands,
watching with owl-like gaze
the lady who passes by alone
on the lake bordered by azaleas.
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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-03
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