| TANT DE FLEURS ... | SO MANY FLOWERS ... |
| José-Flore Tappy | trans. Patrick Williamson |
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Tant de fleurs aux tiges dures aiguilles de feu fichées dans le front du desert! Si mon bras avait leur fulgurance et leur force incendiaire je viserais tes deux yeux j'arracherais sans trembler tes prunelles maléfiques |
So many flowers with intransigent stems needles of fire driven into the desert's brow! If my arm had their dazzling brilliance their incendiary force I would aim at your two eyes I would pull out without trembling your evil pupils |
Copyright © José-Flore Tappy 1999; trans. copyright © Patrick Williamson 1999 - publ. "The Chariton Review"