by
Émile Verhaeren (1855 - 1916)
À ces reines qui lentement descendent
Language: French (Français)
À ces reines qui lentement descendent
Les escaliers en ors et fleurs de la légende,
Dans mon rêve, parfois, je t'apparie ;
Je te donne des noms qui se marient
À la clarté, à la splendeur et à la joie,
Et bruissent en syllabes de soie,
Au long des vers bâtis comme une estrade
Pour la danse des mots et leurs belles parades.
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To these queens
Language: English after the French (Français)
To these queens, who slowly descend the staircases,
appareled in gold and flowers as out of legend:
In my dream, sometimes, I match you together;
I give you the names that marry themselves
to clarity, splendor, joy,
making rustling noises of silken syllables
along the verses built up like a rostrum
to support the dance of words and their sightly parades.
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This text was added to the website: 2019-10-06
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