Eating the ones on the ground was not enough
Hanging just right here, there’s the good stuff
Nomnomnom like there is no tomorrow
Eat first and ask later, you’ll never know.
***
Manger les pommes éparpillées n’était pas assez,
Croquons maintenant celles qui nous pendent sous le nez
Niamniamniam comme s’il n’y avait de lendemains
Mange d’abord puis pense après, c’est notre refrain
Eating the ones on the ground was not enough
Hanging just right here, there’s the good stuff
Nomnomnom like there is no tomorrow
Eat first and ask later, you’ll never know.
***
Manger les pommes éparpillées n’était pas assez,
Croquons maintenant celles qui nous pendent sous le nez
Niamniamniam comme s’il n’y avait de lendemains
Mange d’abord puis pense après, c’est notre refrain
Come here by the river, away from the sun my love
dip your sore feet in the fresh water
hear a gentle wind shake the leaves above
And let us rest here a while together
***
Viens te réfugier à l’ombre des arbres
Trempe tes petits petons dans l’eau fraîche
Écoute le vent chahuter les feuilles et lézarde
Restons ici un instant, le temps que tout sèche
Everything comes to pass
Some slowly fading away
Some brightly burning away
It’s a matter of scales, lass
All memories, belongings
Nothing remains but ashes
Fire transmute everything,
As slow as it can be fast.
***
Tout passe, inéluctablement
Parfois s’effaçant lentement
Parfois s’embrasant violemment
Ce n’est qu’une question de temps
Possessions, souvenirs et richesses
Rien ne reste que des cendres guère épaisses
Le feu, terriblement envoûtant.
Transmute tout dans le brasier du temps
Springs seems earlier each year
Tell me you too has been aware
Of the subtle changing of season
Has man forgot how to reason?
The flutist has played for eons
To calm the Sultan of Demons
Or so it seems, no time here,
No place either, so crowded
So when came the feeble call
from a teeny tiny blue ball
It came and eat profusely
And now wanders aimlessly
Ink brush on A6 sketchbook
How long will you sleep?
How many days and nights?
All I can do is watch
You tiny little rabbit
Pencil doodle on A6 Sketchbook – The adventures of a feral bone spirit