by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Translation by Jaan Wahl (1888 - 1974)

Nostalgy‑blues
Language: French (Français)  after the English 
Le pont de chemin de fer/ Est un chant triste dans l'air
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Note: the text first appeared in the revue Fontaine in "Les Écrivains et poètes des États-Unis d'Amérique", summer 1943.


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