La Grenouillère
Language: French (Français)
Au bord de l'île on voit
Les canots vides qui s'entre-cognent,
Et maintenant
Ni le dimanche, ni les jours de la semaine,
Ni les peintres ni Maupassant ne se promènent
Bras nus sur leurs canots avec des femmes à grosses poitrines
Et bêtes comme chou.
Petits bateaux vous me faites bien de la peine
Au bord de l'île.
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- ENG English (Derek Welton) , "The Froggery", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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The Froggery
Language: English  after the French (Français)
By the shore of the island one sees
The empty boats which bump against each other,
And now
Neither on Sundays, nor on weekdays,
Neither painters nor Maupassant go walking
With bare arms on their boats with women of full bosom
And stupid like cabbage.
Little boats, you make me very sorrowful
By the shore of the island.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2007 by Derek Welton, (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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Line count: 9
Word count: 58