La Ceinture
La Ceinture
Original Text
Representative French Poetry, ed. Victor E. Graham, 2nd edn. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1965): 114. Charmes, 1926.
1Quand le ciel couleur d'une joue
3Et qu'au point doré de périr
4Dans les roses le temps se joue,
5Devant le muet de plaisir
6Qu'enchaîne une telle peinture,
7Danse une Ombre à libre ceinture
9Cette ceinture vagabonde
10Fait dans le souffle aérien
11Frémir le suprême lien
13Absent, présent... Je suis bien seul,
Notes
2] As the sun sets the poet can gaze right at it. Back to Line
8] He admires the variegated colours and approaching night. Back to Line
12] His interest in the spectacle distracts his meditation. Back to Line
14] The poet is conscious of his isolation and of night and death. Back to Line
RPO poem Editors
Victor E. Graham
Data entry: Sharine Leung
RPO Edition
2012
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Second edition copyright © 1965 University of Toronto Press. Reprinted with permission of the publisher, from which written permission must be obtained for any other edition or other means of reproduction. Librairie Gallimard, tous droits réservés.