by
Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor
Grands yeux bleus, ciel troublant où se perdent les songes,
Sombres yeux, gouffres noirs dont le mystère attire,
Doux yeux couleur de mer, océans de mensonges,
Beaux yeux roux, semé d'or, au glorieux empire,
Doux yeux rêveurs, jetant soudain des éclairs tristes,
Beaux yeux étincelants, où rit tant de lumière,
Grands yeux tendres, pareils aux tendres améthystes,
Chers yeux, las, alanguis, mi-clos sous leur paupière,
Larges yeux rappelant les opales mystiques...
Féminin éternel, j'aime tes yeux sans nombre,
Et je dédaigne, épris des astres magnifiques,
Les pièges ténébreux que tu dresses dans l'ombre !
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Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor, L'Illusion, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1897, Page 93
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Great blue eyes, unsettling sky where dreams are lost,
Dark eyes, black gulfs whose mystery entices,
Soft eyes the color of the sea, oceans of lies,
Lovely hazel eyes, sown with gold, of glorious dominion,
Soft dreamy eyes, throwing off sudden sad flashes,
Lovely sparkling eyes, where so much light laughs,
Great tender eyes, like tender amethysts,
Dear eyes, weary, languid, half-closed beneath their lids,
Wide eyes recalling mystic opals ...
Eternal feminine, I love your eyes without number,
And I disregard, in love as I am with the magnificent stars,
The obscure traps that you lay in the shadows.
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