{"id":4507,"date":"2011-03-18T01:46:17","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T01:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=4507"},"modified":"2017-10-19T13:11:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T11:11:47","slug":"victor-hugo-au-bord-de-la-mer-at-the-seaside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/victor-hugo-au-bord-de-la-mer-at-the-seaside\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Hugo: Au bord de la mer (At the Seaside)"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Au bord de la mer”<\/em> – Victor Hugo<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Vois, ce spectacle est beau. – Ce paysage immense<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Look, this spectacle is beautiful. This landscape is huge<\/span><\/p>\n

Qui toujours devant nous finit et recommence ;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Which always in front of us ends and starts again<\/span><\/p>\n

Ces bl\u00e9s, ces eaux, ces pr\u00e9s, ce bois charmant aux yeux ;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This wheat, these waters, these meadows, this wood pleasing to the eye;<\/span><\/p>\n

Ce chaume o\u00f9 l’on entend rire un groupe joyeux ;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This stubble where one hears laughters of a joyous group;<\/span><\/p>\n

L’oc\u00e9an qui s’ajoute \u00e0 la plaine o\u00f9 nous sommes ;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Ocean added to the plain where we are;<\/span><\/p>\n

Ce golfe, fait par Dieu, puis refait par les hommes,<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This gulf, made by God, then remade by men,<\/span><\/p>\n

Montrant la double main empreinte en ses contours,<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Displaying the double hand imprinted in its contours,<\/span><\/p>\n

Et des\u00a0amas de rocs sous des monceaux de tours ;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

And heaps of rocks under piles of castle towers;<\/span><\/p>\n

Ces landes, ces for\u00eats, ces cr\u00eates d\u00e9chir\u00e9es ;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

These moors, these forests, these torn crests<\/span><\/p>\n

Ces antres \u00e0 fleur d’eau qui boivent les mar\u00e9es ;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

These above water dens drinking tides <\/span><\/p>\n

Cette montagne,\u00a0au front de nuages couvert,
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This mountain, its front covered by clouds,<\/span><\/p>\n

Qui dans un de ses plis porte un beau vallon vert,<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Which in one of its wrinkles harbors a beautiful green glen,<\/span><\/p>\n

Comme un enfant des fleurs dans un pan de sa robe ;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Like a child of flowers in a panel of a gown<\/span><\/p>\n

La ville que la brume \u00e0 demi nous d\u00e9robe,<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The city that the mist halfway steals from us<\/span><\/p>\n

Avec ses mille toits bourdonnants et press\u00e9s ;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

With its thousand roofs buzzing and pressed;<\/span><\/p>\n

Ce bruit de pas sans nombre et de rameaux froiss\u00e9s,<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

These countless step noises and creased branches, <\/span><\/p>\n

De voix et de chansons qui par moments s’\u00e9l\u00e8ve ;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Voices and songs which at times are uttered;<\/span><\/p>\n

Ces lames que la\u00a0mer amincit sur la gr\u00e8ve,<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

These blades that the sea thins down on the shore, <\/span><\/p>\n

O\u00f9 les longs cheveux verts des sombres go\u00ebmons<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Where the long green hair of dark wracks<\/span><\/p>\n

Tremblent dans l’eau moir\u00e9e avec l’ombre des monts ;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Shake in the moir\u00e9 water with the shadow of the mountains; <\/span><\/p>\n

Cet oiseau qui voyage et cet oiseau qui joue ;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This bird that travels and this bird that plays;<\/span><\/p>\n

Ici cette charrue, et l\u00e0-bas cette proue,<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This plow here, and this bow there,<\/span><\/p>\n

Tra\u00e7ant en m\u00eame temps chacune leur sillon ;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Each one tracing in the same time its own furrow <\/span><\/p>\n

Ces arbres et ces m\u00e2ts, jouets de l’aquilon ;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

These trees and these masts, toys of the North Wind; <\/span><\/p>\n

Et l\u00e0-bas, par-del\u00e0 les collines lointaines,<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

And over there, beyond the faraway hills,<\/span><\/p>\n

Ces horizons remplis de formes incertaines ;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

These horizons full of uncertain forms;<\/span><\/p>\n

Tout ce que nous voyons, brumeux ou transparent,<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

All that we see, hazy and transparent,<\/span><\/p>\n

Flottant dans les clart\u00e9s, dans les ombres errant,<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Floating in clarity, in the erring shadows, <\/span><\/p>\n

Fuyant, debout, pench\u00e9, fourmillant, solitaire,<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Evasive, standing, leaning, swarming, lonely,<\/span><\/p>\n

Vagues, rochers, gazons, – regarde, c’est la terre !<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Waves, rocks, lawns, -look, it’s the Earth!<\/span><\/p>\n

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