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Wednesday, November 22, 2006

La Poesie: Part Trois


Déjeuner du Matin
par Jacques Prévert (looks pretty French, doesn't he...)

Il a mis le café
Dans la tasse
Il a mis le lait
Dans la tasse de café
Il a mis le sucre
Dans le café au lait
Avec la petite cuiller
Il a tourné
Il a bu le café au lait
Et il a reposé la tasse
Sans me parler

Il a allumé
Une cigarette
Il a fait des ronds
Avec la fumée
Il a mis les cendres
Dans le cendrier
Sans me parler
Sans me regarder

Il s'est levé
Il a mis
Son chapeau sur sa tête
Il a mis son manteau de pluie
Parce qu'il pleuvait
Et il est parti
Sous la pluie
Sans une parole
Sans me regarder

Et moi j'ai pris
Ma tête dans ma main
Et j'ai pleuré

Version Anglaise:

Breakfast
He poured the coffee
Into the cup
He put the milk
Into the cup of coffee
He put the sugar
Into the coffee with milk
With a small spoon
He stirred
He drank the coffee
And he put down the cup
Without speaking to me

He lighted
A cigarette
He made circles
With the smoke
He shook off the ash
Into the ashtray
Without speaking to me
Without looking at me

He got up
He put
A hat on his head
He put on
A raincoat
Because it was raining
And he left
In the rain
Without a word
Without looking at me

And I buried
My face in my hands
And I cried.



UPDATE:Here is a link that has readings of many greats from French poetry. Here is a reading of Déjeuner du Matin. It's pretty haunting.

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Comments on "La Poesie: Part Trois"

 

Blogger ms. whatsit said ... (11/22/06, 10:13 PM) : 

J'adore cette poesie!

 

Blogger Cheltenhamdailyphoto said ... (11/23/06, 11:27 AM) : 

I'm very tempted to celebrate thanksgiving as you suggest in your top photo. Can't leave a comment there, it won't let me. Judging from the comments i've read today about it, it sounds delicious and a fun time.

 

Blogger Mr. French said ... (11/25/06, 8:00 PM) : 

Thanksgiving is a great time to spend with family, and unapolgetically go back to eat for seconds, thirds or fourths!

 

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