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Wed Apr 10, 2024 6:08 pm
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• la circonlocution •

c'est un sentiment, oui—
c'est comme les chansons les oiseaux
chantent pour le ciel, ou
les vers qu'ils donnent à leurs petits.

c'est comme mon père, l'économiste,
quand il fait un gâteau pour mon anniversaire, ou
ma mère, l'artiste,
quand elle m'aide avec mes devoirs.

c'est comme tes yeux,
tes cheveux,
tes bras,
ta voix...

ah oui!
l'amour, c'est ça.
j'ai oublié.
merci pour me rappeler.

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Translation:

it's a feeling, yes—
it's like the songs the birds
sing for the sky, or
the worms that they give to their young.

it's like my father, the economist,
when he bakes me a cake for my birthday, or
my mother, the artist,
when she helps me with homework.

it's like your eyes,
your hair,
your arms,
your voice...

ah yes!
love, that's it.
i forgot.
thank you for reminding me.
I was born to speak all mirth and no matter.
  





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• le pire •

en france, j'essai mon mieux
de ne pas se sentir des emotions,
des volontés, des judgements,
ou des doutes.

c'est difficile, mais
ce n'est pas aussi difficile
que le subjonctif.

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Translation:

in france, I try my best
to not have emotions,
desires, judgements,
or doubts.

it's hard, but
not as hard
as the subjunctive.
I was born to speak all mirth and no matter.
  








This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much all of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper, which was odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
— Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy