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(d'un enfant difficile)
Reconnais en ce fils
le mystérieux mélange
des semences.

Et quand l’amour sera passé,
devant sa preuve grandissante recueille-toi
et douloureusement te réjouis.
Qu’un sourire descendant
explique et démente
ce pli amer de ta bouche.

Sois indulgente à sera passé,
soigne-le bien cet hypocrite,
embellis ce souvenir qui en dit long,
rends-lui grâce:
Tu peux nous faire croire à l’amour admirable
qui jadis ne fut pas le vôtre.

(about a difficult child)
Recognize in this son
the mysterious mixture
of seed.

And when love is over,
meditate on its growing proof,
and sorrowfully rejoice.
May a downward smile
explain and deny
the bitter fold of your mouth.

Be indulgent to your son;
look after him well this hypocrite,
beautify this talkative keepsake,
give thanks unto him:
You can make us believe in admirable love
which in the old days was never yours.

English trans. by Susan de Muth

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Thomas Oboe Lee Cambridge, Massachusetts

Thomas Oboe Lee was born in China in 1945. He lived in São Paulo, Brazil, for six years before coming to the United States in 1966. After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh, he studied composition at the New England Conservatory and Harvard University. He has been a member of the music faculty at Boston College since 1990. ... more

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