To a young girl
Language: English
My dear, my dear I know
More than another
What makes your heart beat so;
Not even your own mother
Can know it as I know,
Who broke my heart for her
When the wild thought,
That she denies
And has forgot,
Set all her blood astir
And glittered in her eyes.
Confirmed with W. B. Yeats, Later Poems, Macmillan and Co., London, 1926, page 254.
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- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À une fille jeune", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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À une fille jeune
Language: French (Français) after the English
Ma chère, ma chère, je sais
Plus que quiconque
Ce qui fait battre ainsi ton cœur ;
Pas même ta propre mère
Ne peut le savoir comme je le sais
Elle qui m'a brisé le cœur pour elle
Quand cette pensée sauvage,
Qu'elle nie,
Et a oubliée,
Fit bouillir son sang
Et scintiller ses yeux.
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