Japanese (日本語) translation of Antique

by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Antique", op. 18 no. 3 (1939), published 1940 [ high voice and strings ], from Les Illuminations, no. 3

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J'ai tendu des  cordes de  clocher  à clocher; des
guirlandes de fenêtre  à fenêtre; des chaînes d'or
d'étoile à étoile, et je danse.

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Gracieux fils de Pan! Autour de ton front couronné
de  fleurettes et de baies,  tes yeux,  des boules
précieuses,  remuent.  Tachées de lies brunes, tes
joues se creusent.  Tes crocs luisent. Ta poitrine
ressemble à une cithare,  des tintements circulent
dans tes bras blonds.  Ton cœur bat dans ce ventre
où dort  le double sexe.  Promène-toi,  la nuit en
mouvant  doucement  cette  cuisse,  cette  seconde
cuisse et cette jambe de gauche.

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Confirmed with Monographie imprimée (Paris), 1886


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Author(s): [More than can fit here], Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891)
私は鐘から鐘へ綱を張った。
窓から窓へ花飾りを繋いだ。
星から星へ黄金の鎖を張った。そして私は踊る。

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牧神パーンの優雅な息子よ!　小さな花と
ベリーの実で飾られた額の周りで、宝玉のような、
その眼は動く。褐色の酒澱にまみれ、その頬はくぼむ。 
その牙は輝く。 その胸はチターに似て、
奏でる音はその金髪に覆われた腕の中で広がる。
二重の性が眠るその腹の中で、その心臓は鼓動する。
歩け、夜になったら、優しくこの腿を動かしながら、
この第二の腿をそして 
左の脚を動かしながら。

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