by
Charles Fuster (1866 - 1929)
Mots d'amour
Language: French (Français)
Quand je te dis des mots lassés,
C'est leur douleur qui fait leurs charmes!
Ils balbutient, et c'est assez,
Les mots ont des larmes.
Quand je te dis des mots fougueux,
Ils brûlent mon coeur et mes lèvres,
Ton être s'embrase avec eux,
Les mots ont des fièvres.
Mais quels qu'ils soient, les divins mots,
Les seuls mots écoutés des femmes,
Dans leurs soupirs ou leurs sanglots,
Les mots ont des âmes.
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Words of Love", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Words of Love
Language: English after the French (Français)
When the words I say to you are weary,
it's their pain that makes their charms!
They stammer, and that is sufficient:
the words shed tears.
When the words I say to you are ardent,
they burn my heart and my lips.
They make your very being catch fire:
the words have fevers.
But whatever they are like, the divine words,
the only ones that women listen to,
the words, in their sighing or sobbing,
have souls.
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