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The Final Poem

I’ve dreamed of you so much, I’ve walked so much, talked so much, Loved your shadow so much, That I have nothing left of you. All I can do is be a shadow among the shadows, To be one hundred times more shadow than a shadow, To be the shadow that will come and go In your sun-spangled life. --Robert Desnos Translated by Christopher Johnston LE DERNIER POÈME J’ai rêvé tellement fort de toi, J’ai tellement marché, tellement parlé, Tellement aimé ton ombre, Qu’il ne me reste plus rien de toi. Il me reste d’être l’ombre parmi les ombres, D’être cent fois plus ombre que l’ombre, D’être l’ombre qui viendra et reviendra Dans ta vie ensoleillée. --Robert Desnos

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