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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
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Posted: Tue Jun 25 12:30:46 1985
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Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas
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	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
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