L'indifférence

Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme 1839 (Paris) – 1907 (Châtenay-Malabry)



Que n'ai-je à te soumettre ou bien à t'obéir ?
Je te vouerais ma force ou te la ferais craindre ;
Esclave ou maître, au moins je te pourrais contraindre
A me sentir ta chose ou bien à me haïr.

J'aurais un jour connu l'insolite plaisir
D'allumer dans ton coeur des soifs, ou d'en éteindre,
De t'être nécessaire ou terrible, et d'atteindre,
Bon gré, mal gré, ce coeur jusque-là sans désir.

Esclave ou maître, au moins j'entrerais dans ta vie ;
Par mes soins captivée, à mon joug asservie,
Tu ne pourrais me fuir ni me laisser partir ;

Mais je meurs sous tes yeux, loin de ton être intime,
Sans même oser crier, car ce droit du martyr,
Ta douceur impeccable en frustre ta victime.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AAAA AAAA BBA CAC
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 690
Words 124
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3

Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme

René François Armand (Sully) Prudhomme was a French poet and essayist.  more…

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