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Thursday, October 7, 2010
Roulette d'Amour
It can happen
It does happen
Perhaps only once
A throw of the dice
could be your downfall
You might be lucky
You may survive
Or
You may not
Faites vos jeux
A glance
Too ardent
A gaze
Too impertinent
sets off butterflies and hot blushes
illuminated in the candle glow
The atmosphere is crackling
Sizzling
Alarm bells
Faites vos jeux
You feel an urgent need
To escape
To breath cool air
To recompose
You leave
Toute de suite
He follows
He instinctively senses
Vulnerable prey
He knows the latch is damaged
Clicks it open
and walks right in
It's already too late
Rien ne va plus
You feel yourself being dragged
under by the current
Drowning in a sea of rose petals
Rien ne va plus
Cet amour
si violent
si fragile
si tendre
si desespere
splinters and smashes
with tsunami force
Personne ne gagne
Personne ne gagne
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Faites vos jeux..place your bets
ReplyDeleteRien ne va plus..no more bets
are croupier terms used at a casino.
Cet amour
si violent
si fragile
si tendre
si desespere
from 'Cet amour' by Jacques Prevert
A powerful and effective description of falling in love - just as exciting and more dangerous than roulette!
ReplyDeleteTends-nous la main et sauve-nous
(offer me your hand and we'll run away)
I am attempting to match this poem to the video clip from ' Barry Lyndon'. Great Stanley Kubrick
ReplyDeletemovie shot in candle light.I really enjoy doing this and find it a bit of a challenge. Going to do some more.I don't think the poem makes sense unless you watch the video clip.
Love the poem and the music, Rall. Thanks for adding the clip. Whereas you are drowning in a sea of rose petals, I am doing the same in a sea of music!
ReplyDeleteSo pleased you liked this one Derrick. Music is everything to both of us. We are lucky bunnies.
ReplyDeleteIt's not me drowning in a sea of rose petals..it's the character in the clip. I have not fallen in love for yonks..and with any luck it will stay that way! ( Oh except with you that is:)
My, that is a looong pause before she turns to him.
ReplyDeleteYour poem does work on it's own (I read first and watched later), but along with the clip, it is a jewel.
Thank you Barbara. I quite like the slow pace of the clip.A pause is soooo polite!You should get this out on DVD. It's a great Thackeray story.
ReplyDeleteYou will like it.
Definitely captures the sizzling and cracking of falling in love. I got that, even though the French went over my English-speaking head. It doesn't sound like it had a happy ending though. Win some, lose some.
ReplyDelete'Barry Lyndon' by Thackeray does not have a
ReplyDeleteHollywood happy ending, Mary. It is a great piece of literature and I highly recommend the Kubrick movie.You dont need to speak French to get the gist of this.The body language says it all.
An astonishing and nostalgic falling in love poem... far better than gambling, LOL.
ReplyDeleteIt is a crapshoot. Great stuff - helpful that it's not necessary to know French. An enjoyable piece.
ReplyDeleteThank you Diane and Tumblewords.
ReplyDeleteThe pacing of the film is incredible. Your accompaniment, beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks Deb.
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