It Rains a Dynamic Paraphrase

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Read aloud here

https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=8s&v=73aTfJS20hk

a dynamic parphrase translation of Apollinaire I'll Pleut
 

It rains voices

         of women

fallen from memory:

in you also o raindrops,

        rains

the crucial events 

              of my life.

And these clouds 

       thunder aloud

a world

with a host  of voices.

Hear,it rains

       of  regret and contempt 

weeping

                    their well-worn tunes,

hear,those falling shackles

                  that imprison

 you head to toe.

You may listen to my YouTube clip of this translation under my pen name ichthyschiro featuring me voice in English and my youngest granddaughter in French @ https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=8s&v=73aTfJS20hk

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Constance La France

Date: 11/3/2019 9:01:00 AM

Brian, this is gorgeous and your granddaughter's reading in French was incredible, she has a wonderful voice and you do too! Now, I am inspired and working on something similar for your Blog series .

Brian Strand
Date: 11/3/2019 9:17:00 AM

Thanks Constance for your kind appreciation of this endevour