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what are the stars for

Since everything makes sense, I think,
What are the stars for?
It’s up to us to observe them,
To imagine why they shine,

Are they there, to make us dream?
To make us think, or write
For us to measure distances
Which separates us from galaxies?

What are the stars for?
Their light does not come from the sun,
So there are other Christmas trees
Far from our beloved planet,  

What are the stars for?
They shine on the American flag, 
They shine in the eyes of young girls,
So we must love all these stars
Like our loved  sisters.



Puisque tout a un sens, je crois,
À quoi servent les étoiles ?
À nous, de les observer,
D’imaginer pourquoi elles brillent,

Sont-elles là, pour nous faire rêver,
Pour nous faire réfléchir, ou écrire
Pour que nous mesurions les distances
Qui nous séparent des galaxies ?

À quoi servent les étoiles ?
Leur lumière ne vient pas du soleil,
Il y a donc d’autres sapins de Noël
Loin de notre terre chérie,  

À quoi servent les étoiles ?
Elles brillent sur le drapeau américain, 
Elles brillent dans les yeux des jeunes filles,
Nous devons donc aimer toutes ces étoiles
Comme nos sœurs.

The Best Company Ever

I love so much the book company, 
More than anything in the world,
More than cats or butterflies,  
Looking at the books in my room, soothe me,
Henry James amazes me, what intelligence,
Yachar Kemal makes me travel on Turkish roads
The pleasure of writing, of thinking, they offered that to me,
Books calm me more than anything,
Carl Sandburg, Billy Collins, Thucydides,
They are landscapes, angels from heaven,
Jean Giono amazes me; I go with him to Manosque,
My library offers me so many joys, Apollinaire, Sam Shepard,, 
Just looking at books makes me dream,
I’m thinking about Jack London, I’ve read everything,
He made history, so humanly, such humility,
I think of Marcel Proust, a genius,
Style makes the man, especially à l’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs
I love so much the book company,
Camus, Alejo Carpentier makes me intelligent, so to speak,
They understood me, every word, every story, every verb,
Books understand me 
More than people, Kafka, Faulkner, Joyce, understand us,
They reassure me with their titles, their presences,
What would we be without books?
Thank them; look at them, life is short,
They are the best friends in the world.

Tristesse

Je dois pleurer
Plus tard, je devrai aussi mourir

Je dois faire marcher mon stylo
Plus tard, je planterai une fleur

Quand il pleut, je suis toujours triste
Quand le soleil arrivent, je suis triste aussi

Mon enfance était joyeuse
Ma vie était l'enfer

Pour moi le soleil était noir
La lune s'est mit à rire

Je dois pleurer
Je ne sais même pas pourquoi

Les mots bleus
Sur la pierre grise

C'est trop tard
L'amour existe seulement pour les jeunes

Tu es la vie
Je suis la mort

La vie a touché la mort
Sang et vin

La fin


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