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Un morceau de pain dur soutient mon existence ;

Un morceau de pain dur soutient mon existence ;

EnglishA piece of hard bread sustains my existence; I acquire it with difficulty, it is often lacking:

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

Unit 1 · poem · alexandrin · 8 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 1-2

  1. 1

    Un morceau de pain dur soutient mon existence ;

  2. 2

    Je l'acquiers avec peine, il fait souvent défaut :

English

No translation for source lines 1-2.

Source lines 3-8

  1. 3

    Le passant, dont en vain j'implore l'assistance,

  2. 4

    Fuit sans me regarder, sans voir ce qu'il me faut.

  3. 5

    Le jeûne, cependant, augmente ma faiblesse,

  4. 6

    Déjà, déjà le jour penche vers son déclin...

  5. 7

    O vous que des parents accablent de tendresse,

  6. 8

    Ayez pitié de l'orphelin !

English · approximate

Approximate · order partial

A piece of hard bread sustains my existence;

I acquire it with difficulty, it is often lacking:

The passerby, whose assistance I implore in vain,

Flees without looking at me, without seeing what I need.

Fasting, however, increases my weakness,

Already, already the day leans toward its decline...

O you whom parents shower with tenderness,

Have pity on the orphan!