by
Raymond Radiguet (1903 - 1923)
Mallarmé
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Un éventail qui fut l'oiselle
Exquise des rudes étés
Effleure fraîchement de l'aile
L'oiseau peint sur la tasse à thé
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Quatrain for Mallarmé
Language: English  after the French (Français)
A fan that once was a bird,
the exquisite bird of harsh summers,
coolly brushes with its wing
the painted bird on the tea-cup.
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