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Historical poem record

Coconas, s'exprime ainsi :

En lui, pauvre orphelin, j'avais un tendre père ;

EnglishIn him, poor orphan, I had a tender father; His name is the first that as a child I stammered!

Language
French
Date
19th century
Form
alexandrin
Editorial status
Reviewed source page
Text
Source and English

Unit 1 · poem · alexandrin · 11 lines

French

Block alignment is approximate: translation blocks are shown against their source line ranges, with untranslated gaps and overlaps surfaced rather than shifted into a verified line map.

Source lines 1-9

  1. 1

    En lui, pauvre orphelin, j'avais un tendre père ;

  2. 2

    Son nom est le premier qu'enfant j'ai bégayé !

  3. 3

    Dans le frêle berceau de cet âge prospère,

  4. 4

    C'était lui qui cherchait mon regard égaré.

  5. 5

    . . . . . . . . . . .

  6. 6

    Sa mort, depuis cinq ans, a courbé mon front triste ;

  7. 7

    Soldat aventureux, il fut un noble artiste,

  8. 8

    Les roses d'Orient embaumaient ses discours.

  9. 9

    Dans mon cœur eussent germé ces graines envolées.

English

No translation for source lines 1-9.

Source lines 10-11

  1. 10

    Ombre chère ! acceptez leurs fleurs étiolées,

  2. 11

    Car leur calice est plein de regrets et d'amour.

English · verified range

Verified range

  1. 1

    In him, poor orphan, I had a tender father;

  2. 2

    His name is the first that as a child I stammered!

  3. 3

    In the frail cradle of that prosperous age,

  4. 4

    It was he who sought my wandering gaze.

  5. 5

    . . . . . . . . . . .

  6. 6

    His death, five years ago, has bowed my sad brow;

  7. 7

    An adventurous soldier, he was a noble artist,

  8. 8

    The roses of the Orient perfumed his discourse.

  9. 9

    In my heart these windblown seeds would have germinated.

  10. 10

    Dear shade! accept their etiolated flowers,

  11. 11

    For their chalice is full of regrets and love.