WrenWind Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 (edited) Lentement La vie tourne lentement car elle est couverte de neige. trop froide pour sortir rien que les etoiles et le vent montre que tout n'est pas geller viens me joindre devant le foyer rechauffer tes mains Lentement car dans un instant tout se change le temps reprends sa vitesse normal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slowly The world turns slowly because it is covered in snow too cold to go out Nothing but the wind and the twinkle of the stars show that all is not frozen in time Come join me by the fire warm your hands Slowly because in an instant everything changes life will return to it's normal speed Wren Edited June 21, 2004 by WrenWind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_wolfe Posted February 28, 2003 Report Share Posted February 28, 2003 Bravo, j'aime! It was quite fun to read it in french and try to gleam the meaning, then read the translation and comprehend the beauty of this poem to it's near fullest (If I knew my french well enough, then I'd really enjoy these works the way they were meant to be.) This is an extremely good poem, though I didn't enjoy it fully until the end, when what seemed a peaceful, slow scene twists and makes you think time has been slowed down for this moment... it gives the first section of the poem an unreal aura.... Very fine, I want to see more of your work! Bravo! ps. I'm beginning to wonder.. maybe Ii should translate my english poems into french... I mean, the people here give the time and effort for the poor anglais people that cruise these forums so they can read these poems... I'll try that next time, though I bet you my result will be laughable. ^.^ Viva la francais! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peredhil Posted March 7, 2003 Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 Haunting... beautiful. Thank you Wren, for directing this to me. The warmth of the hands, the timeless moment of companionship, an eddy in the bitter cold march of time. I wish I could read French and catch all the nuances of the original. -Peredhil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Celes Crusader Posted March 17, 2003 Report Share Posted March 17, 2003 This is a lovely work, and I'd like to ask you Wren if French is your mother tongue or not (although that I'm presuming that its not the case , I'd rather ask than presume). If French is one of your foreign language, your efforts are very commendable and I do respect that immensly. After all, I do express myself in a second tongue everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrenWind Posted March 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2003 Thank you My mother tongue is english . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallscale_mind_games Posted April 22, 2003 Report Share Posted April 22, 2003 tres bien! that's about all I learned, because my elementary French teacher was a complete idiot. I read the translation tho, and loved it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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