Huit Rubaiyat de Omar Khayyam

by René Lenormand (1846 - 1932)

1. Je suis au monde
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Language: French (Français) 
Je suis au monde et sans savoir pourquoi
J’y suis venu, comme une eau qui s’’écoule
J’en sortirai comme un vent du désert
Qui se demande  où il s’en va soufflant

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2. Sous la verdure
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Sous la verdure avec un peu de pain
Du vin, le livre d ‘un poète, et toi
Chantant auprès de moi dans le désert
Le désert me serait un paradis !

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3. Il y avait une porte sans clef
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Il y avait une porte sans clef
Il y avait un voile impénétrable !
Un peu de temps on parlera de nous:
Dans peu de temps, on n’en parlera plus !

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4. Combien d'humains
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Combien d'humains, les plus beaux, les meilleurs
Dans la vendange immense du destin
Ont avant nous vidé leur coupe pleine
Puis unà un sont partis en silence !

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5. Vois s'entr'ouvrir la rose auprès de nous
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Vois s'entr'ouvrir la rose auprès de nous
« Je viens, dit-elle, en riant dans le monde !
Je romps soudain le cordon de ma bourse
Et je répands mon trésor au jardin !»

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6. Tout n'est qu'un échiquier de jours
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Tout n'est qu'un échiquier de jours, de nuits
Où le destin s’amuse des humains
Il les avance et les recule et les abat
Et les remet un à un dans la boîte

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7. Viens avec moi
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Viens avec moi le long des verts herbages
Qui sont entre les champs et le désert;
Nul n’y distingue un sultan d’un esclave !
Nous y plaindrons le sultan sur son trône !

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8. O toi qui fis l'homme de terre
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O toi qui fis l'homme de terre vile
Et suscitas le serpent dans l’Eden
Quelque noir-ci de péchés que soit l’homme
Pardonne-lui et reçois son pardon !

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