ENN TI SELEXION POEM RENÉE VIVIEN AN MORISIEN

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RENÉE VIVIEN

Born Pauline Mary Tarn (11 June 1877 – 18 November 1909), was a British poet who wrote in French, in the style of the Symbolistes and the Parnassiens. A high-profile lesbian in the Paris of the Belle Époque, she was as notable for her lifestyle as for her work, which has received more attention following a recent revival of interest in Sapphic verse. Many of her poems are autobiographical, reflecting a life of extreme hedonism, leading to early death. She was the subject of a pen-portrait by her friend Colette.
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SANTE 1

To lavwa enn poem extra
Bote frazil enn gran lespri,
Enn nam dan dif; mo kontan twa
Kouma douler nouri lavi.

To bote elegan mem blem
Travers letan, travers lespas …
Ayo bote, douser lakrem,
Mo ador twa, mo fler san tas.
Ena panse kapav bliye
Me kouma pou bliye mazik
Dan to lavwa douser mige
Kan lamour zwe so lamizik.

SONET 1

Koz ar mwa, mo lamour, larivier ekzistans,
Kan mo nam plen ek rans ar koze traizon.
Moke, boufone si sa donn twa bel frison
Me plonz mwa dan zwisans lavi san rezistans.

Ar to lavwa vwale ki efas tou distans
Kan mo latet kasiet dan to touf seve lis
Dir mwa tou to lespwar, seki ge, seki tris
O amant amourez, mo lamizik entans!
E mo pou ekout twa kouma enn melodi
San bizen fer zefor koumadir rev minwi,
Koumadir pe rant dan somey ensousians.

E si to arete zis pou enn timama
Mo pou tann … mo pou tann dan profonder silans
Larm trazedi koule dan desten plen traka.

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VLADIMIR VYSOTSKY AN MORISIEN

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BATO DAN LEPOR (SHIPS IN PORT)

Bato dan lepor, timama li la, timama pa la;
Botan, movetan ala li re la.
Dan sis mwa bayo, mo’si mo pou la
E mo pou rechal pou ankor sis mwa.

Apart bann foul cham, dimoun retourne,
Apart nou lamour, nou prop bienneme.
Apart ki nou’le, dimoun retourne.
Aret koz desten! Mo pa kwar nanye.

Sel zafer mo kwar zour la pe vini
Kan ferm kouma mwa, bann pon pou tini;
Lerla ar ser-frer dan lape-lazwa

Nou pou sant anker. Atann zis sis mwa.

LI TI DIR MWA… (HE SAID TO ME…)

Li ti dir mwa pa rabase:
Apre lamor peyna nanye.
Enn swar dan nwar mo ti reve
Ki Satan ti tir so manze.

PA PE BADINE ( IT’S NOT A JOKE…)

Mo pa pe badine, ena lamor ladan:
Anpes ekout mo sante? Nou fini, zanfan!
Set zour san bwar dilo, nou kapav debrouye;
Senk zour san mo sante? Lemonn net devire.

POU MARINA VLADI (TO MARINA VLADI)

Pe fer bien fre, glason partou;
Mo pou koule ousa flote?
Viv lamour-lespwar toupoutou,
Mem si birokrat pe grense.

Glason pou fonn, mo pou sorti,
Travayer kouver ar laswer…
Sir nou pou rezwenn, pa manti;
Reviv ansam, sant sante yer.

Mo ankor zenn, zis karant-de;
Twa ek Bondie finn beni mwa.
Li pe’apel mwa. Ler mo sante,
Li pou dir, “Al kot Marina.”

(28.02.2016)