Source: The Halloween Tree (1972), Chapter 11 (p. 79)
“And now, my poor old woman, why are you crying so bitterly? It is autumn. The leaves are falling from the trees like burning tears- the wind howls. Why must you mimic them?”
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Il pleure dans mon cœur
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Quelle est cette langueur
Qui pénètre mon cœur?
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Source: One Hundred and One Poems by Paul Verlaine: A Bilingual Edition
