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August
François Coppée
Par les branches désordonnées
Le coin d'étang est abrité,
Et là poussent en liberté
Campanules et graminées.
Caché par le tronc d'un sapin,
J'y vais voir, quand midi flamboie,
Les petits oiseaux, pleins de joie,
Se livrer au plaisir du bain.
Aussi vifs que des étincelles,
Ils sautillent de l'onde au sol,
Et l'eau, quand ils prennent leur vol,
Tombe en diamants de leurs ailes.
Mais mon cœur, lassé de souffrir,
En les admirant les envie,
Eux qui ne savent de la vie
Que chanter, aimer et mourir !
******
From this French poetry, August has the feel of Spring,
as the joys are felt, and the cheers heard from the happy birds,
In the pond they plunge, take bath, refresh the wings,
and sip the clear drops, as summer has quite dryed their little bodies from water..
''It is a quite corner in the glade, rimmed by small herbs,
behind a pine tree truck, where wee birds,
like sparking joys take showers on the cool water, having fun
making it fall like pearly droplets from their wings,
But, here alone i am so sad as i ponder upon my fate,
while i admire them taking full joy as they fully ignore
all about life, except singing, loving and dying..
https://youtu.be/jwx8xsiQH1M
Par les branches désordonnées
Le coin d'étang est abrité,
Et là poussent en liberté
Campanules et graminées.
Caché par le tronc d'un sapin,
J'y vais voir, quand midi flamboie,
Les petits oiseaux, pleins de joie,
Se livrer au plaisir du bain.
Aussi vifs que des étincelles,
Ils sautillent de l'onde au sol,
Et l'eau, quand ils prennent leur vol,
Tombe en diamants de leurs ailes.
Mais mon cœur, lassé de souffrir,
En les admirant les envie,
Eux qui ne savent de la vie
Que chanter, aimer et mourir !
******
From this French poetry, August has the feel of Spring,
as the joys are felt, and the cheers heard from the happy birds,
In the pond they plunge, take bath, refresh the wings,
and sip the clear drops, as summer has quite dryed their little bodies from water..
''It is a quite corner in the glade, rimmed by small herbs,
behind a pine tree truck, where wee birds,
like sparking joys take showers on the cool water, having fun
making it fall like pearly droplets from their wings,
But, here alone i am so sad as i ponder upon my fate,
while i admire them taking full joy as they fully ignore
all about life, except singing, loving and dying..
https://youtu.be/jwx8xsiQH1M
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