by
Jean Giraudoux (1882 - 1944)
Cécile
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG GER
Le grandchinois de Lancastre
vous attire avec des fleurs
puis vous inonde d'odeurs...
bientôt sa pipe est votre astre!
Du lys au pavot, Cécile,
la route, hélas, est docile.
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- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Cécile", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Cécile", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 29
Cécile
Language: English after the French (Français)
The grand Chinaman of Lancaster
attracts you with flowers
and buries you in scents.
Soon his pipe is your morning star!
Unfortunately, Cécile,
it's only a short hop from the lily to the poppy.
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