by
Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)
Plus rouge que la fleur de l'ohkouan
Language: French (Français) after the Arabic (العربية)
Plus rouge que la fleur de l'ohkouan
le soleil descendait derrière la campagne.
C'était l'heure convenue. J'avais entravé mon cheval. Je m'étais assis.
Tu es arrivée, Fatima !
Et j'ai frissonné, comme le dormeur
qui est surpris par l'aurore.
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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le jardin des caresses, Paris : H. Piazza, 1919, p. 70, with the title "L'Attente". Earlier title: "Ebn Zeïdoun".
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Redder than the flower of the ohkouanNOTE: the footnotes have been removed from this text;
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Language: English after the French (Français)
Redder than the flower of the ohkouan
the sun set behind the landscape.
It was the appointed hour. I'd tied up my horse. I'd sat down.
You appeared, Fatima!
And I shivered, like a sleeper
who is surprised by the dawn.
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Translations of titles:
"Attente" = "Waiting"
"Ebn Zeïdoun" = "Ebn Zeïdoun"
"L'Attente" = "Waiting"
Note to stanza 1, line 1, line 7:
ohkouan appears in Toussaint's translation from the Arabic and is left unexplained.
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