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Stéfan, Jude: Viande de boucherie par Loti

Portre of Stéfan, Jude

Viande de boucherie par Loti (French)

apparition de la mer verte un soir

par-delà les dunes sous un ciel rare

sous la neige le vieux prunier s’est

affaissé dans l’enfance des jardins

           ô main du temps

et les boeufs pleins de sang se sont abattus

aux coups de massue en plein front attaché

au sol par une boucle après long beuglement

     contre l’immonde sacrifice

     nous les corps de poussière

               mort, pitié



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Butcher’s Meat by Loti (English)

apparition of the green sea one evening

beyond the dunes beneath a rare sky

under the snow the old plum-tree has

sunk into the childhood of gardens

            o hand of time

and the blood-engorged steers have collapsed

under bludgeon blows across their brows attached

to the ground by a thong after long bellowing

      against the impure sacrifice

          we bodies of dust

              death, pity



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