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Love this book and love this website. So many favorites, but just gonna mention one (had to "remix" and edit the translations, none of them sounded good): https
by khatkhati 1y ago
Love this book and love this website. So many favorites, but just gonna mention one (had to "remix" and edit the translations, none of them sounded good): https://fleursdumal.org/poem/109 https://fleursdumal.org/poem/109
— О grief! О grief! Time eats life.
And the hidden Enemy who gnaws the heart
grows on the blood we lose and thrives.
— Ô douleur! ô douleur! Le Temps mange la vie,
Et l'obscur Ennemi qui nous ronge le coeur
Du sang que nous perdons croît et se fortifie!