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Dans le chemin toujours trempé, tant y est épais le feuillage visqueux de l'aulne amertumé, nous nous promènerons. Mais comme elle est plus grande que moi, c'est elle qui écartera les branches et elle encore qui mettra sur mon épaule sa joue et ses yeux bleus qui fixeront le sol.
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This text was added to the website: 2014-07-12
Line count: 6
Word count: 50
Along the path [that is] always swampy, so thick [with] the sticky twigs of the alder tree, we will promenade together. But as she is taller than me, it’ll be she who will hold aside the branches and she who once more place upon my shoulder her cheek and her blue eyes which will be staring at the soil.
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Translator's note for line 2: "alder tree" : This tree is named Alnus “glutinosa” since its young shoots and twigs are “sticky.”
The bark is dark and fissured and is often covered in lichen.
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-11
Line count: 6
Word count: 59
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