16 August 2009

Translation and Anticipation

The following is a poem by Jacques Prévert, written about the park that is around the corner from my homestay in Paris:



Le Jardin


« Des milliers et des milliers d'années

Ne sauraient suffire

Pour dire la petite seconde d'éternité

Où tu m'as embrassé

Où je t'ai embrassée

Un matin dans la lumière de l'hiver

Au parc Montsouris à Paris

À Paris

Sur la terre

La terre qui est un astre. »



Below is a translation of this poem, made by yours truly.



The Garden


“Thousands and thousands of years

Will never be enough

To tell the story of the small eternal second

When you kissed me

When I kissed you

One morning in the light of winter

At the park Montsouris in Paris

In Paris

On the earth

The earth which is a star”





A photo of the lake in this park.



Enjoy :)



Oh, and by the way, 18 days until departure!

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