L’année tourne autour du pivot
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG GER
L’année tourne autour du pivot
de la constance paysanne ;
la Vierge et sainte Anne
disent chacune leur mot.
D’autres paroles s’ajoutent
plus anciennes encor, —
elles bénissent toutes
et de la terre sort
cette verdure soumise
qui, par un long effort,
donne la grappe prise
entre nous et les morts.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "The Year Turns on the Pivot", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2004-12-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 50
The Year Turns on the Pivot
Language: English after the French (Français)
The year turns on the pivot
of peasant steadfastness;
the Virgin and Saint Anne
each speak their word.
Other words join in,
still more ancient, —
they all bring blessing
and from the earth springs
that dutiful greenery
which, through long effort,
produces the cluster caught
between us and the dead.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2016 by Grant Hicks, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2016-07-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 51