Rondeau Redoublé

[and scarcely worth the trouble, at that]

The same to me are somber days and gay.
Though Joyous dawns the rosy morn, and bright,
Because my dearest love is gone away
Within my heart is melancholy night.

My heart beats low in loneliness, despite
That riotous Summer holds the earth in sway.
In cerements my spirit is bedight;
The same to me are somber days and gay.

Though breezes in the rippling grasses play,
And waves dash high and far in glorious might,
I thrill no longer to the sparkling day,
Though joyous dawns the rosy morn, and bright.

Ungraceful seems to me the swallow's flight;
As well might heaven's blue be sullen gray;
My soul discerns no beauty in their sight
Because my dearest love is gone away.

Let roses fling afar their crimson spray,
And virgin daisies splash the fields with white,
Let bloom the poppy hotly as it may,
Within my heart is melancholy night.

And this, O love, my pitiable plight
Whenever from my circling arms you stray;
This little world of mine has lost its light....
I hope to God, my dear, that you can say
The same to me.

Dorothy Parker

Vous avez aimé cette poésie ? faites la connaître !

Partager

Lien permanent Rondeau Redoublé

Traduction(s) Rondeau Redoublé (english page)

Mots-clefs :

D'autres poésies de Dorothy Parker

"Star Light, Star Bright--"

Star, that gives a gracious dole,
What am I to...

lire la suite de la poésie : "Star Light, Star Bright--"
mots clefs :

A Certain Lady

Oh, I can smile for you, and tilt my head,
And drink your...

lire la suite de la poésie : A Certain Lady
mots clefs :

A Dream Lies Dead

A dream lies dead here. May you softly go
Before this...

lire la suite de la poésie : A Dream Lies Dead
mots clefs :

A Fairly Sad Tale

I think that I shall never know
Why I am thus, and I am...

lire la suite de la poésie : A Fairly Sad Tale
mots clefs :

A Pig's-Eye View Of Literature

The Lives and Times of John Keats,
Percy Bysshe...

lire la suite de la poésie : A Pig's-Eye View Of Literature
mots clefs :

A Portrait

Because my love is quick to come and go-
A little here,...

lire la suite de la poésie : A Portrait
mots clefs :

A Very Short Song

Once, when I was young and true,
Someone left me sad-

lire la suite de la poésie : A Very Short Song
mots clefs :

A Well-Worn Story

In April, in April,
My one love came along,
And I ran...

lire la suite de la poésie : A Well-Worn Story
mots clefs :

After Spanish Proverb

Oh, mercifullest one of all,
Oh, generous as dear,

lire la suite de la poésie : After Spanish Proverb
mots clefs :

Afternoon

When I am old, and comforted,
And done with this...

lire la suite de la poésie : Afternoon
mots clefs :

Précédentes poésies

Wild Orphan

Blandly mother
takes him strolling
by railroad and...

lire la suite de la poésie : Wild Orphan
mots clefs :

When the Light Appears

You'll bare your bones you'll grow you'll pray you'll only...

lire la suite de la poésie : When the Light Appears
mots clefs :

War Profit Litany

To Ezra Pound

These are the names of the companies...

lire la suite de la poésie : War Profit Litany
mots clefs :

Velocity of Money

I?m delighted by the velocity of money as it whistles through...

lire la suite de la poésie : Velocity of Money
mots clefs :

Transcription of Organ Music

The flower in the glass peanut bottle formerly in the

lire la suite de la poésie : Transcription of Organ Music
mots clefs :