Nuit sans fin
Language: French (Français)
Nuit sans fin.
Tristesse morne des heures où l'on attend !
Cœur rompu.
Fièvre du sang rythmant les douces syllabes de son nom.
Qu'elle vienne, la trop désirée,
Qu'elle vienne, la trop aimée,
Et m'entoure de son parfum de jeune fleur !
Que mes lèvres mordent le fruit de sa bouche
Jusqu'à retenir son âme entre mes lèvres !
Ai-je donc pleuré en vain,
Ai-je donc crié en vain
Vers tout cela qui me fuit ?
Tristesse morne.
Nuit sans fin !
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- ENG English (T. P. (Peter) Perrin) , "Endless night", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Endless night
Language: English after the French (Français)
Endless night.
Desolate gloom of the waiting hours.
Shattered heart,
fevered blood drumming her name's lovely syllables.
Let her come, the too-much-wanted;
let her come, the too-much-loved,
and wrap me in her odor of early blooms.
May my lips bite the fruit of her mouth
till the taste of her soul is theirs.
Have I shed tears in vain,
have I called out in vain,
to all that deserts me?
Desolate gloom,
endless night.
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