by
Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)
Comme un rideau sous la blancheur
Language: French (Français)
Comme un rideau sous la blancheur
De leurs pétales rapprochées,
Les lys ont enfermé leur coeur,
Les coccinelles sont couchées.
Et jusqu'au rayon matinal,
Au coeur même des lys cachées,
Comme en un rêve virginal
Les coccinelles sont couchées.
Les lys ne dorment qu'un moment;
Veux-tu pas que têtes penchées,
Nous causions amoureusement?
Les coccinelles sont couchées.
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Gloaming
Language: English after the French (Français)
Like a curtain beneath the whiteness
of their close-wrapped petals,
the lilies have closed in their hearts
and the ladybirds have gone to bed.
Until the morning light,
hidden like a virgin's dream
in the heart of the lilies,
the ladybirds have gone to bed.
The lilies only sleep for a moment.
Shall we not speak of love,
heads bent together?
The ladybirds have gone to bed.
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