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Apollinaire, Guillaume: Hôtels

Portre of Apollinaire, Guillaume

Hôtels (French)

La chambre est veuve

Chacun pour soi

Présence neuve

On paye au mois

 

Le patron doute

Payera-t-on

Je tourne en route

Comme un toton

 

Le bruit des fiacres

Mon voisin laid

Qui fume un âcre

Tabac anglais

 

O La Vallière

Qui boite et rit

De mes prières

Table de nuit

 

Et tous ensemble

Dans cet hôtel

Savons la langue

Comme à Babel

 

Fermons nos portes

A double tour

Chacun apporte

Son seul amour



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Hotels (English)

The room is free

Each for himself

A new arrival

Pays by the month

 

The boss is doubtful

Whether you’ll pay

Like a top

I spin on the way

 

The traffic noise

My neighbour gross

Who puffs an acrid

English smoke

 

O La Vallière

Who limps and smiles

In my prayers

The bedside table

 

And all the company

in this hotel

know the languages

of Babel

 

Let’s shut our doors

With a double lock

And each adore

his lonely love



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