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April
April
Again, come the fine days, - the dust,
A sky of azure, bathed in light,
Long evenings, the walls burning bright ; -
No green in sight, and hardly naught
Save a crimson glint that is caught
Adorning the black trees like night !
This fine time makes me weigh and brood.
That after rainy days, it should
Bring forth, in some canvas painting,
The Spring that paints in green and pink,
Like a fresh nymph hatching, does bring
A smile, from the waters, spurting
-Translated from ''Gerard de Nerval'' * AVRIL*
*I have followed step by step the rhyme and rhythm of each verse and stanza,
and the metrical foot for each line.*
in French and In English, each line has four feet.
Avril
Déjà les beaux jours, - la poussière,
Un ciel d'azur et de lumière,
Les murs enflammés, les longs soirs ; -
Et rien de vert : - à peine encore
Un reflet rougeâtre décore
Les grands arbres aux rameaux noirs !
Ce beau temps me pèse et m'ennuie.
- Ce n'est qu'après des jours de pluie
Que doit surgir, en un tableau,
Le printemps verdissant et rose,
Comme une nymphe fraîche éclose
Qui, souriante, sort de l'eau
https://youtu.be/QdGEq6JGc90
Again, come the fine days, - the dust,
A sky of azure, bathed in light,
Long evenings, the walls burning bright ; -
No green in sight, and hardly naught
Save a crimson glint that is caught
Adorning the black trees like night !
This fine time makes me weigh and brood.
That after rainy days, it should
Bring forth, in some canvas painting,
The Spring that paints in green and pink,
Like a fresh nymph hatching, does bring
A smile, from the waters, spurting
-Translated from ''Gerard de Nerval'' * AVRIL*
*I have followed step by step the rhyme and rhythm of each verse and stanza,
and the metrical foot for each line.*
in French and In English, each line has four feet.
Avril
Déjà les beaux jours, - la poussière,
Un ciel d'azur et de lumière,
Les murs enflammés, les longs soirs ; -
Et rien de vert : - à peine encore
Un reflet rougeâtre décore
Les grands arbres aux rameaux noirs !
Ce beau temps me pèse et m'ennuie.
- Ce n'est qu'après des jours de pluie
Que doit surgir, en un tableau,
Le printemps verdissant et rose,
Comme une nymphe fraîche éclose
Qui, souriante, sort de l'eau
https://youtu.be/QdGEq6JGc90
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