Ecstasy by Paul Eluard


I am in front of this feminine land

Like a child in front of the fire

Smiling vaguely with tears in my eyes

In front of this land where all moves in me

Where mirrors mist where mirrors clear

Reflecting two nudes bodies season on season


I have so many reasons to lose myself

On this roadless earth under the horizonless skies


Good reasons I ignored yesterday

And I will never ever forget

Good keys of gazes keys their own daughters

In front of this land where nature is mine


In front of the fire the first fire

Good mistress reason


Identified star

On earth under sky in and out of my heart


Second bud first green leaf

That the sea covers with sails

And the sun finally coming to us


I am in front of this feminine land

Like a branch in the fire.

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