Sunday, December 12, 2021

Yves Bonnefoy

Cahier d’Yves Bonnefoy




The Shadows Stir

On a moss-stained
stone, the shadows stir.
Like dancing nymphs,
one might say.

And when a bit of sun
glints off their hair,
it gleams like gold
in a blackened forge.

Life will end.
Life will remain.
Like a child who plays
with too many dreams.


Translated from French by Paul Weinfield, © 2016

 

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