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| Traduzione francese della poesia / French translation of the... |
| THE WAY HOME | LE CHEMIN DU RETOUR |
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| I know a way which leads home. | Je connais un chemin qui conduit chez moi. |
| This way is hard to walk. | Ce chemin est pénible à suivre. |
| Each traveller there becomes a poor man | Le voyageur s'y appauvrit |
| and little and ugly and grey. | s'y rabougrit, blême et laid. |
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| I know a way which leads home. | Je connais un chemin qui conduit chez moi. |
| This way is bare and pure. | Ce chemin est aride et vierge. |
| It is like leaning your warm cheek | Il est comme la pierre inhumaine |
| against a merciless stone. | contre laquelle s'incline une joue chaude. |
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| But the one who has known this stone | Mais qui a senti la pierre |
| against his cheek's iced blood, | glacer le sang de sa joue |
| shall notice, how mild its hardness is, | verra comme est clémente sa rudesse |
| how faithful and firm and good. | comme elle est loyale, et ferme, et bonne. |
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| And he shall thank the stone | Et il remerciera la pierre |
| and hold its hardness dear | et chérira ce qui est rude |
| and praise the one tournament | et louera le seul défi |
| which was worth its victory. | qui fût digne de sa victoire. |
