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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  
 
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