by
Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
In a burying ground
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE
This is the spot where I will lie
When life has had enough of me,
These are the grasses that will blow
Above me like a living sea.
These gay old lilies will not shrink
To draw their life from death of mine,
And I will give my body's fire
To make blue flowers on this vine.
"O Soul," I said, "have you no tears?
Was not the body dear to you?"
I heard my soul say carelessly,
"The myrtle flowers will grow more blue."
Confirmed with Sara Teasdale, Love Songs, New York, The Macmillan Company, 1917, page 51.
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- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Dans un sol où être enterré", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Dans un sol où être enterré
Language: French (Français)  after the English
C'est l'endroit où je serai étendue
Quand la vie en aura eu assez de moi,
Ce sont les herbes qui s'épanouiront
Au-dessus de moi comme une mer vivante.
Ces vieux lis joyeux ne répugneront pas
À tirer leur vie de ma mort,
Et je donnerai le feu de mon corps
Pour faire des fleurs bleues de cette vigne.
« Ô mon âme » dis-je « n'as-tu pas de larmes ?
Mon corps ne t'était-il pas cher ? »
J'entendis mon âme dire négligemment :
« Les fleurs de myrte seront plus bleues. »
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Word count: 93