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Rain Reigns in My Heart

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It rains in my heart
as on town and on mart,
pours down longings that start
to reign in my heart !

Oh soft ringing of rain
poured on earth, eave and pane, -
for poor heart feeling pain, -
oh the ringing of rain !

It rains without reason
in hurt heart fears have lease on.
What ? - no season for treason ?
Do I grieve without reason ?

What most hurts me, I wait
‘Why’ not knowing, sad fate,
without love, without hate, ...
On my heart lies deadweight !

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Il Pleure dans mon Coeur

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Il pleure dans mon coeur
Comme il pleut sur la ville.
Quelle est cette langueur
Qui pénêtre mon coeur ?

 

O bruit doux de la pluie
Par terre et sur les toits !
Pour un coeur qui s’ennuie,
O le chant de la pluie !

 

Il pleure sans raison
Dans ce coeur qui s’écoeure.
Quoi ! nulle trahison ?
Ce deuil est sans raison.

 

C’est bien la pire peine
De ne savoir pourquoi,
Sans amour et sans haine,
Mon coeur a tant de peine.


Romances Sans Paroles

Paul VERLAINE 1844_1896

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  • sinfull
    September 27

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    Would that I could read French to compare, failing that I can only say how lovely your translation is. Sense of drama unwarrented, as what heart left unsure would not feel slighted. The background does add to the mood . Very well done.


  • Derge
    September 17

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    nice rhyming :]
    and i love your background.
    is this a translation?


  • French Tries
    September 16

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    Such a deep understanding of the meaning of the French poem !
    Your poetic skills managed to keep both the form (except the quick variation in French of the rhyming in the second line of each stanza, but is it a problem?) , the meaning, the whole atmosphere and the sensibility of Verlaine's beautiful poem.
    I think I won't be wrong if I say that your translation is a real creation, and not only a basic, drawn-out translation. I've not read any better translation of this poem than yours.
    More than charming.


  • Room without doors gold member
    September 16

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    Outstanding

    This is a charming translation - I wish my french was good enough to fully apprecite what you have achieved here. The flow is excellent and the rhyme unerring. A wonderful poem.


  • Lily of the Valley
    September 15

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    Beautifully sad ...

    Rain causes no treason,
    it’s there for a reason,
    so trees bud, green leaves on
    then bloom, fruit in season

    The soft ringing of rain,
    by the sun shall be slain,
    then poor heart may attain,
    a true love not in vain.

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