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Old 06-17-2002, 04:35 PM   #26
stone of vision
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: France
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My dear peotry lover, [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
* how could I call you ? mark12_30 or Helen, i like Helen makes me think of "L'Illiade" and Helene of Troye [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]*

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Mercy! I beg you! I don't want to be truthful
Afterthoughts i think truthful is the right word, the speaker is fearing that the feeling he had will come true as ever and curses his clear sighted vision.

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Just the feeling that something bad is happening
A vague of anguish resonates in my restless soul
mmh, that sounds more " rightly English " to me, thus [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Thanks for the review, it will fairly help me improve my skills for the Anglo-saxon tongue [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] (so much work to do, héhéhé)

Here's the French version, a completly different poem though.
Oi, so long since I've made alexandrins! hope i didn't miss a few "pieds"

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Sur les ailes de la peur vers toi mon cœur s’envole
Je l’interroge sans obtenir de réponses sages
Seulement le goût éminent d’un mauvais présage
Sombre l’angoisse comme une vague m’envahit
Larmes retenues, Crainte obscurcissent mon esprit

Merci, je supplie, pour ne pas avoir raison
je refuse le savoir , je nierai mes visions,
voilerai la lumière et aveuglerai mes yeux
Quoique je fasse, où que je sois rien ne t’efface
Tu es une pensée dont jamais je me lasse

Quoique j’apprenne, il y a longtemps et sans peine
J’ai renoncé à fuir la douleur douce-amère
Qui rythme mon cœur pour qui je n’ai pas de haine
Sur Destin et Raison je pourrais me briser
Car aucun d’entre vous, à perdre je ne suis prêt
Thanks again for you interest * pleased smile *
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