After Leaving

Do you think I found peace, comfort,

After your departure that made my prose weep,

But none of this, dark is my safe.

A too shy sun shows a gloomy air

As soon as a black cloud, heavy with all my regrets,

Prevents it from smiling at a rose's radiance.

When I close my eyes on my secret dreams

To catch up with the past as it flies away,

Like a dove between mountains and forests...

Oh, how I'd like to find the antidote

To discover the antidote to this heavy sorrow,

And bring back to the nest the benevolent muse!

Now every day a crushing silence

Adds to the sadness, and with a dragging step

Heaves a dying sky with a blow.

Winter is in my heart, and yet sovereign,

The season still offers pearls and diamonds

When a flowering bush lets its trail slip

Coloring my thoughts with the gold of the firmament.