Dis-moi, ma simple et ma tranquille amie

Emile Verhaeren 1855 (Sint-Amands) – 1916 (Rouen)



Dis-moi, ma simple et ma tranquille amie,
Dis, combien l'absence, même d'un jour,
Attriste et attise l'amour ,
Et le réveille, en ses brûlures endormies ?

Je m'en vais au-devant de ceux
Qui reviennent des lointains merveilleux
Où, dès l'aube, tu es allée ;
Je m'assieds sous un arbre, au détour de l'allée ;
Et, sur la route, épiant leur venue,
Je regarde et regarde, avec ferveur, leurs yeux
Encor clairs de t'avoir vue.

Et je voudrais baiser leurs doigts qui t'ont touchée,
Et leur crier des mots qu'ils ne comprendraient pas,
Et j'écoute longtemps se cadencer leur pas
Vers l'ombre où les vieux soirs tiennent la nuit penchée.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXB BBAACBC ABBA
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 637
Words 107
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 7, 4

Emile Verhaeren

Emile Verhaeren was a Belgian poet who wrote in the French language, and one of the chief founders of the school of Symbolism. more…

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