by
Jules Laforgue (1860 - 1887)
Voyez un clair de lune de Novembre dans
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Voyez un clair de lune de Novembre dans
le plein enchantement d'une brume fine
immobile au dessus du fleuve large qu'on
devine aux feux réfléchis et sa berge effacée
d'une ligne de plusieurs lieues de collines
avec leur feux mobiles. Et là-haut la lune
comme la clef énigmatique de cet
enchantement immobile, et qu'un souffle
semble-t-il ferait redevenir cruel et cru.
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First published in La revue blanche, Volume 7, 1894.
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- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , title 1: "November moonlight", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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November moonlight
Language: English  after the French (Français)
Behold November's moonlight
in the full enchantment of a fine mist
hovering motionless over the broad river,
whose presence we can only guess at by the fires reflected in it,
its banks hidden by a line of several leagues
of hills with their moving fires. High above rides the moon,
enigmatic key to this motionless enchantment,
and it seems that with a breath
it would become cruel and raw again.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2004 by Faith J. Cormier, (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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- a text in French (Français) by Jules Laforgue (1860 - 1887), no title, first published 1894
This text was added to the website: 2004-12-05
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Word count: 70