L'ADIEU

(Guillaume Apollinaire
Alcools – poèmes 1898-1913)

                                           J’ai cueilli ce brin de bruyère
                                           L’automne est morte souviens-t’en
                                           Nous ne nous verrons plus sur terre
                                           Odeur du temps brin de bruyère
                                           Et souviens-toi que je t’attends

The Farewell

(Guillaume Apollinaire
Alcools – poems 1898-1913)

                                           I have plucked this twig of heather
                                           Remember, now that autumn has died
                                          We shall never more be together
                                          Smell of heather blooming time
                                          And remember that I will wait forever.