Poetic-Verses from ATHANASE
Innocence (English)
The face of a child, whose look is veiled in
utmost perfection by the pure timelessness within time
in the same way that immortal Plato's Dialogues
dress the uncertain coursing of the blood in sublime words !
The forehead woven with dawn where the Angel of Light
makes the empire of innocence tenderly gleam,
like a mild spring with its vast surge of energy
quickly revealing the divine essence of Beauty !
O immaculate mouth, what does the bright carmine
of your silence say as it trembles like a lily
under the cheerful whims of the still calme heart
and the deep smile of the air heavy with irises ?
How his whole portrait breathes integrity,
chaste delicacy, exquisite eternity !
Translated from the French by Norton Hodges
utmost perfection by the pure timelessness within time
in the same way that immortal Plato's Dialogues
dress the uncertain coursing of the blood in sublime words !
The forehead woven with dawn where the Angel of Light
makes the empire of innocence tenderly gleam,
like a mild spring with its vast surge of energy
quickly revealing the divine essence of Beauty !
O immaculate mouth, what does the bright carmine
of your silence say as it trembles like a lily
under the cheerful whims of the still calme heart
and the deep smile of the air heavy with irises ?
How his whole portrait breathes integrity,
chaste delicacy, exquisite eternity !
Translated from the French by Norton Hodges
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Innocence (English)
Innocence (English)
