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Poem

Claude Esteban

A tree

A tree and then a tree and then
the cold


I don’t want that blind one
to guide me anymore


how alone one is
when one has been walking from the outset


a tree and then
not even a tree, remote


others I loved, are far,
they are far.

Un arbre…

Un arbre…

Un arbre et puis un arbre et puis
le froid


je ne veux plus que cet aveugle
me guide


comme on est seul
quand on marche depuis toujours


un arbre et puis
pas même un arbre, une distance


d’autres, je les aimais,
sont loin.
Close

A tree

A tree and then a tree and then
the cold


I don’t want that blind one
to guide me anymore


how alone one is
when one has been walking from the outset


a tree and then
not even a tree, remote


others I loved, are far,
they are far.

A tree

A tree and then a tree and then
the cold


I don’t want that blind one
to guide me anymore


how alone one is
when one has been walking from the outset


a tree and then
not even a tree, remote


others I loved, are far,
they are far.
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