Seul Par les Rues

dédicacé à Françoise Hardy, la meilleure poétesse du monde.

Les vrais amis souvent viennent des nuages-

Dans la pluie descendent-ils en dansant.
Mais sans une place au fond de notre coeur,
Tout muets, tout pâles, ils tourneront la page.
On ne sait pas comment bien dire adieu
Ou ce que ça veut dire aimer vraiment;
On n’est que comme tant d’autres dans le monde
Qui flânent avec des réflexes malheureux. 
Donc, l’âme en peine, on va seul par les rues,
Comme on le coeur a jeté à tout vent,
Et à tout prix voulons-nous qu’ils reviennent 
Pour de nouveau sentir les plaisirs doux.
Oh, oh, chérie, oui, c’est le temps d’amour
Qu’on cherche sans fin, car on se quitte toujours.

 

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True friends have come so often from the clouds,

Descending in a dance within the rain.

But with no place in our congenial heart,

Quite mute, quite pale, they’ll vanish in the crowds.

We know not how to rightly say goodbye
Or what it means to love and love in vain;

We’re merely as each living soul on Earth
Who lives as though forever high and dry.

With troubled souls, we roam the streets alone,

For having cast our heart into the drain,

And at all costs we want them to return

To feel once more those pleasures we had known.

Oh, oh, my dear, yes, we for love e’er search,

For we e’er leave each other in the lurch.

-EDP

Reviews

[Frederika]

Beautiful poem. Very french.

[emipoemi]

.....well, it's a homage to a fabulous French artist, so I won't know how it can be anything else xp. Thanks for reading. So glad you enjoyed it.

[Haddiyyah]

Beautiful! I can't really explain but the English version seems deeper though... Anyway good job! It's nice to see some French words here. :)

[emipoemi]

The English is virtually saying the same thing as the French, but the French was written first (because the poem was intentionally supposed to be in French, then when I wanted to compile this in a collection, I decided to write a translation for it). I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for reading.

[Roua]

la fin de ton poème m'a beaucoup émue. le fait qu'on soit programmé a chercher l'amour sans toute fois pouvoir le garder est une pensée bien mélancolique mais réel. ton poème est vraiment magnifique.

[emipoemi]

Merci beaucoup! Ton commentaire m'enthousiasme. Je suis très heureux que tu l'as aimée. As-tu compris que c'est un hommage a la chanteuse Françoise Hardy?

[Roua]

je l'ai vue a ta dédicace.

[jacquesbrisson]

très beau. un peu triste toutefois.

[emipoemi]

merci. j'ai voulu triste, mais aussi fort et qui fait réfléchir. ça me plaît beaucoup que tu l'as aimé.

[Kathy Van Kurin]

"Seul Par Les Rues"
emipoemi,
This is beautiful in french! Between the english and french the varient positions are somehow more fitting. Dark and light, heaviness of heart within but hope somehow waits:
"With troubled souls, we roam the streets alone, For having cast our heart into the drain, and at all costs we want them to return To feel once more those pleasures we had known."
You have shared a lovely and real depiction of the inner life between mind and heart.
Blessings,
kathy

[emipoemi]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

[Anise]

it feels like a taste of love has been granted and forever the search will continue to find it
i like the french/english here. i can read it better than i can speak it sadly

[emipoemi]

My speaking French is still mediocre, but I get by lol. Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! Now listen to the singer and let her simply blow you away, because she's that good!

[Anise]

You are welcome, i will have a listen.