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Reverdy, Pierre: The traits of the sky (Les traits du ciel in English)

Portre of Reverdy, Pierre

Les traits du ciel (French)

Le feu qui danse

L'oiseau qui chante

Le vent qui meurt

Les vagues de la glace

Et les flots de rumeur

Dans l'oreille les cris lointains

du jour qui passe

toutes les flammes lasses

la voix du voyageur

Toute la poudre du ciel

le talon sur la terre

L'oeil fixé sur la route

Où les pas sont inscrits

Que le nombre déroule

Aux noms qui sont partis

Dans les plis des nuages

le visage inconnu

Celui que l'on regarde

Et qui n'est pas venu



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Source of the quotationhttp://rienquedeschats.canalblog.com

The traits of the sky (English)

The fire that dances

The bird that sings

The wind that dies

The icy waves

And the surges of rumor

In the ear the distant cries

of the day that passes

all the weary flames

the voice of the voyager

All the powder in the sky

the heel on the earth

The eye fixed on the road

Where steps are inscribed

Which the number unrolls

To the names that have left

In the folds of the clouds

the unknown face

The one which you watch

And which has not come



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Source of the quotationhttp://www.alb-neckar-schwarzwald.de

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