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by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)

Le visage penché
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Demeure ainsi, penchée sur ton cœur.
Tes paupières sont deux pétales de clématite bleue,
et ta bouche est une longue framboise.

Demeure ainsi. Une mèche de tes cheveux
a glissé sur ton front, comme une hirondelle apprivoisée
se poserait sur un coffret d’ivoire,
et je ne sais si ce poudroiement vermeil est ta joue.

La clématite s’est repliée :
pourquoi m’as-tu regardé ?
L’hirondelle s’est envolée :
pourquoi as-tu refoulé ta mèche ?
La framboise s’est déchirée :
pourquoi m’as-tu souris ?

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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le jardin des caresses, Paris: L'édition d'art H. Piazza, 1921, p. 108


Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Le visage penché", appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 111, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1911 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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