Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-ngp.UTEXAS Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!jbiswas From: jbiswas@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (Jit Biswas) Newsgroups: net.poems Subject: Poem in French Message-ID: <1906@ut-ngp.UTEXAS> Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 12:30:46 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.1906 Posted: Tue Jun 25 12:30:46 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Jun-85 03:10:55 EDT Distribution: net Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas Lines: 27 La nuit | The night bercee d'etoiles | rocked by stars percees de lumieres | glimmers of light envoute nos desirs | bewitches our desires. alanguis | languid oublieux | forgetful du jour aux clartes | about day and its brightness trop vibrantes | too vibrant, nos corps | our bodies, planeurs fragiles | fragile gliders lentement | slowly immobiles | immobile miment | mime les vagues du ciel | the waves of sky. Et lorsque pluie de feu | And when rain of fire ecume rougeoyante | glowing foam une coulee d'or | a casting of gold raya | scratched ce dais frissonnant | this shivering canopy tes yeux | your eyes doucement | gently se sont refermes | closed. Philippe Alcouffe ...!ut-ngp!r20!cs.alcouffe