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Paris, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s poem : Paris ( For those who may be interested, this poem by Paul Verlaine presents more difficulties than his other rhymed quatrains I have read, but then this may only be a personal feeling. T. Wignesan) Paris cannot lay claim to beauty but through its history, But this history is by beauty all through possessed ! The river Seine lies so absurdly sheltered, Yet its bright green hue all on its own deserves glory. Paris cannot be thought gay but by virtue of its chatter Yet this loquaciousness, a teeming vulgar vice, Springs from a throng of tongues in its voice, Stirring this insipid linguistic stew into spicy banter. Paris can hardly be considered wise but by the demure Flux of its populace and its diverse factions, Even if it can engender revolutions It lies in ambush in the shade with its sense of Order. Paris can boast not just with its charming Girl Who has no need to envy those who’re Exotic But for harmless wrongs and sins not quite endemic Such that they come to pass in a detached swirl. Paris thus may be held to be good but for its flighty Inebriation with lust and with pleasure, Nothing much more than a flirtation with desire Such pleasure as at the expense of a brother be duty. Paris doesn’t display anything as sad and as cruel As the poet we see by the year or at random Dying of ennui under clinical surveillance Not far from the old worker fraternal. Long life to Paris, likewise for its history, For its eloquence and its Girl, naïve Products of an art both perverse and primitive And die the poet purging himself by duty ! © T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013
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