by
Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941)
Vespérale
Language: French (Français)
Dans le soir violet et les senteurs sereines
Qu’un zéphir berce autour des bois énamourés,
Le pèlerin s’en va doucement sous les [frênes]1.
Il va. L’argent du fleuve et le velours des prés,
Les coteaux de peluche et [la route]2 de soie
S’enveloppent au loin des frissons mordorés.
La caresse du ciel met un manteau de joie
Sur la terre, et la terre encore chaude d’amour
Se pâme de lumière et rit pour qu’on la voie.
Pour qu'on la voie heureuse et qu'on l'aime à son tour,
Elle tend au ciel nu toutes ses fleurs décloses
Et disperse vers lui tous ses baisers d'un jour.
Seul, baigné du bonheur qui plane sur les choses,
Le pèlerin s’en va tout au long des chemins,
Et parce que ses doigts ont touché tes doigts roses
Il baise dans ses mains le parfum de tes mains.
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• A. Maddison A. Maddison sets stanzas 1-3, 5-6
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Confirmed with Edmond Haraucourt, Seul, Paris, Bibliothèque-Charpentier, 1891, pages 84-85.
1 Maddison: "chênes"
2 Maddison: "les routes"
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- ENG English (Lucy Fitz Gibbon) , "At evening", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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At evening
Language: English after the French (Français)
In the violet evening and along serene paths
That a zephyr lulls around enamored woods
The pilgrim sweetly strolls beneath the [trees]1.
He walks. The silver of the river and velvet of fields
The plush hills and [the road]2 of silk
Envelop themselves in bronze shivers.
The caress of the sky places a mantle of joy
Upon the earth, and the earth, still warm with love,
Swoons with the light and laughs so to be seen.
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Alone, bathed in the happiness that hovers over all,
The pilgrim walks along the paths
And because his fingers have touched your pink fingers
He kisses in his hands the perfume of your hands.
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1 Maddison: "oaks"
2 Maddison: "roads"
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941), "Vespérale", written 1891, appears in Seul, in 2. L'adoration, no. 19, Paris, Éd. Bibliothèque Charpentier, first published 1891
This text was added to the website: 2020-01-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 110