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Cocteau, Jean: École de guerre

Portre of Cocteau, Jean

École de guerre (French)

Que la vie est ennuyeuse

à cinq heures et demie

de ce petit matin en berne

 

Les dianes contagieuses

se propagent dans les casernes

comme une douce épidémie

 

Dieu que ce coq de cuivre est triste

l'ange cycliste

sort de la crèche

pour envoyer mille dépêches

 

La pauvre Diane s'enroue

dans cette énorme bâtiment

Réveillez-vous frileusement

voyageurs de la Grande Roue 



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War school (English)

How tedious life is

at half past five

on this early morning at half mast

 

the contagious bugle calls

spread through the barracks

like a sweet epidemic

 

God how this brass cockerel is sad

the angel cyclist

leaves the crib

to send a thousand despatches

 

the poor bugle grows hoarse

in this huge building

wake up cold

travellers of the Great Wheel



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