by
James Joyce (1882 - 1941)
Goldbrown upon the sated flood
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE GER
Goldbrown upon the sated flood
The rockvine clusters lift and sway.
Vast wings above the lambent waters brood
Of sullen day.
A waste of waters ruthlessly
Sways and uplifts its weedy mane
Where brooding day stares down upon the sea
In dull disdain.
Uplift and sway, O golden vine,
Your clustered fruits to love's full flood,
Lambent and vast and ruthless as is thine
Incertitude!
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First published in
Poetry, May 1917
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Inondation", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2005-01-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 65
Inondation
Language: French (Français) after the English
D'or brun au-dessus du flot rassasié
Les grappes de la vigne se lèvent et se balancent.
De vastes ailes couvent au-dessus des eaux chatoyantes
D'un jour maussade.
Un gâchis d'eaux sans pitié
Balance et lève sa crinière de mauvaises herbes
Où un jour pesant baisse les yeux sur la mer
En un dédain las.
Soulève et balance, ô vigne dorée,
Tes fruits en grappe au flot plein de l'amour,
Miroitant et vaste et sans pitié comme ton
Incertitude !
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This text was added to the website: 2009-11-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 79