Poem
Michel Deguy
Alarm
We invent the masteryOf the scale in which we disappear
The essentially broken poetry
Its rocket with bluegreen eyes in the night
Disquiets this scale still
– observer observing a centre
believing it’s a centre
Glossary plays ecarte
The fine approximations draw in
Rip feigned rupture travails
to offer itself to knocks it de
Nominates it de
Ceives de
Viates the presentable
exhorting itself:
sir
come
vent:
© Translation: 2004, Anne Talvaz
From: Gisants
Publisher: Gallimard, Paris, 1985
From: Gisants
Publisher: Gallimard, Paris, 1985
Alarme
Alarme
Nous inventons la maîtrsieDe l’échelle où nous disparaissons
L’essentiellement rompue la poésie
Sa fusée aux yeux pers dans la nuit
Inquiète cette échelle encore
– observateur observant un centre
en train de se prendre pour un centre
Glossaire joué à l’écarté
Les fines approximations rapprochent
Fente rupture feinte il s’escrime
Pour s’offrir aux coups il dé
Nomme il dé
Çoit dé
Vie le présentable
s’exhortant:
dis
con
viens:
© 1985, Michel Deguy
From: Gisants
Publisher: Gallimard, Paris
From: Gisants
Publisher: Gallimard, Paris
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Poems of Michel Deguy
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Alarm
We invent the masteryOf the scale in which we disappear
The essentially broken poetry
Its rocket with bluegreen eyes in the night
Disquiets this scale still
– observer observing a centre
believing it’s a centre
Glossary plays ecarte
The fine approximations draw in
Rip feigned rupture travails
to offer itself to knocks it de
Nominates it de
Ceives de
Viates the presentable
exhorting itself:
sir
come
vent:
© 2004, Anne Talvaz
From: Gisants
Publisher: 1985, Gallimard, Paris
From: Gisants
Publisher: 1985, Gallimard, Paris
Alarm
We invent the masteryOf the scale in which we disappear
The essentially broken poetry
Its rocket with bluegreen eyes in the night
Disquiets this scale still
– observer observing a centre
believing it’s a centre
Glossary plays ecarte
The fine approximations draw in
Rip feigned rupture travails
to offer itself to knocks it de
Nominates it de
Ceives de
Viates the presentable
exhorting itself:
sir
come
vent:
© 2004, Anne Talvaz
From: Gisants
Publisher: 1985, Gallimard, Paris
From: Gisants
Publisher: 1985, Gallimard, Paris
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