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In memory of Josephine by ~Hanalia:iconHanalia:



English version:

Yesterday you deceased again Joséphine
Your nut-brown hair fell last time
Your voice died away without a single sigh
Your eyes seeked who was miles away.

Fragrance of lemon on your crumpled cushion
Lulled you to eternal sleep
The will wont command you back again
That possessed you in its heart for years.

You took him away also Joséphine
His corpus collapsed without your heart.
His star of fortune doesnt guide him anymore
He was pushed down from the marble throne.

The heart has risen for a hundred days again
To live up your remembrance once more
The word is glowing again on his ring
To remind him of his „destiny”.

Yesterday he deceased with you, Joséphine
My soul has fallen to the ground
Abandoned words on the sheets of a book:
La liberté ou la mort.


The original Hungarian version:

Tegnap újra meghaltál Joséphine,
Gesztenye fürtöd utószor omlott.
Hangod elhalt, nem voltak szavaid
Szemed őt kereste, ki nem volt ott.

Gyűrött vánkosodon citromillat,
Lágyan, végső álomba ringatott.
Nem parancsol vissza az akarat,
Mi éveken át szívében birtokolt.

Magaddal vitted őt is Joséphine,
Teste a szíved nélkül kóborol.
Szerencsecsillaga nem vezérli
Végleg letaszíttatott a trónról.

Száz napra újra feltámadt a szív,
Hogy méltó lehessen emlékedre,
Gyűrűjén a szó újra felizzik
Emlékeztetve őt "a végzetre"

Tegnap veled halt ő is Joséphine,
Lelkem egy darabja szertefoszlott,
Elárvult szavak egy könyv lapjain:
La liberté ou la mort.
©2008-2009 ~Hanalia
:iconhanalia:

Author's Comments

This poem was written in May. It was inspired by a book-trilogy (Sandra Gulland:The many lives and secret sorrows of Josephine B.// Tales of passion, tales of woe//The last great dance on earth) bout Napoleon's wife Josephine. I really admire and adore her. Her story always touches my heart. Shes one of my favourite historical character.
I hope you all will enjoy this poem and read the books if you have time. It is worthy;)

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:icondamienbixlan:
You're becoming such a talented writer, good work on that one definitly :) Nice french sentence at the end ^^

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:iconhanalia:
Thank u:) Though I dont really like the english version coz it was born in hungarian....but As i see then the atmosphere came thru in that also^^

and thanks for adding it to ur favs<3

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"Vagyok: mint minden ember: fenség Észak-fok, titok, idegenség, lidérces, messze fény lidérces, messze fény... "
:icondamienbixlan:
Yeah of course, translation is never up to the original! I wish I could read hungarian on that one!

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Revolution starts at learning: if you are not angry, then you are not paying attention.

- Tim McIlrath

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:iconhanalia:
well content is the same just..the shape of words the sound n so on..changes the atmosphere also:) but Hungarian is one of the most difficult language n not so popular so I have to translate^^

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"Vagyok: mint minden ember: fenség Észak-fok, titok, idegenség, lidérces, messze fény lidérces, messze fény... "
:icondamienbixlan:
Yeah, that's what I figured ;)

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Revolution starts at learning: if you are not angry, then you are not paying attention.

- Tim McIlrath

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:iconhanalia:
:)

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"Vagyok: mint minden ember: fenség Észak-fok, titok, idegenség, lidérces, messze fény lidérces, messze fény... "
:iconvesperlynd:
Nice work.

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:iconhanalia:
thank you so much:)keep watchin;)


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Hanalia

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"Vagyok: mint minden ember: fenség Észak-fok, titok, idegenség, lidérces, messze fény lidérces, messze fény... "
:iconarthame:
Nagyon szé.p lett szívem, egy kis esztétikai hiba : you took him away also josephine és nem took away him, mert beékelődik de amúgy nagyon tetszett választékos volt csak hát ja magyar szebb mint az angol :)

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