by
Armand Renaud (1836 - 1895)
Au bord du lac, j’ai mis mon âme
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG ENG
Au bord du lac, j’ai mis mon âme
Dans une fleur de nélumbo ;
Dans ce nid frais comme un tombeau,
De mes désirs j’endors la flamme,
Et le zéphyr berce mon âme,
Comme il berce le nélumbo.
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• E. Moret About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Les nuits persanes par Armand Renaud, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1870, page 60.
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- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The lotus", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 37
On the shore of the lake, I put my soul
Language: English after the French (Français)
On the shore of the lake, I put my soul
Into a lotus flower;
In this nest cool as a tomb
I lull to sleep the flame of my desires,
And the zephyr rocks my soul,
As it rocks the lotus.
About the headline (FAQ)
Translations of titles:
"Le Nid" = "The Nest"
"Le nélumbo" = "The Lotus"
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