Un jeune âne amoureux d’une noble cavale,
Lui demanda la main (le sabot de devant).
— Mais… vous êtes du peuple, et moi — je suis pur sang,
Je vous ferai cocu! lui promit-elle.
— J’avale
Tout ce que vous voudrez! dit l’âne sans émoi,
Car…
Moralité:
Promettre c’est noble, tenir serait bourgeois…
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Poetry in Translation (CCCXX): George TOPÂRCEANU (1886-1937), ROMANIA – “L’âne philosophe”, “Măgarul filosof”, “The Philosopher Ass”
February 8th, 2015 · Comments Off on Poetry in Translation (CCCXX): George TOPÂRCEANU (1886-1937), ROMANIA – “L’âne philosophe”, “Măgarul filosof”, “The Philosopher Ass” · Diaspora, Famous People, PEOPLE, Poetry, quotations, Translations
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Romanian Dictionary of Quotations, Selected & Translated by Constantin ROMAN: Letter ‘B’
July 18th, 2013 · No Comments · Books, Diaspora, International Media, PEOPLE, quotations, Translations
“A book is a delayed suicide.”
Emil CIORAN, (1911-1995), philosopher, writer
“I still have the Babel of this fabulous land in my ears: Romanian, Ukrainian, German, Yidish, Polish, Magyar, Armenian…”
Gregor von REZZORI, (1914-1998), Writer
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