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~Jules Supervielle
(Born 1884)

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POINTE DE FLAMME

Tout le long de sa vie
Il avait aimé à lire
Avec une bougie
Et souvent il passait
La main dessus la flamme
Pour se persuader
Qu'il vivait,
Qu'il vivait.

Depuis le jour de sa mort
Il tient à côté de lui
Une bougie allumée
Mais garde les mains cachées.




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BY CANDLELIGHT

His whole life through
He had loved to read
By candlelight
And often he would pass
His hand over the flame
To make quite sure
That he was still
Alive, still living.

Since the day of his death
He keeps by his side
A lighted candle

But he has hidden his hands away.

Translated by James Kirkup