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Haiti - Literature : Dany Laferrière, a poem in tribute to Paris
22/11/2015 09:05:22

Haiti - Literature : Dany Laferrière, a poem in tribute to Paris
The writer Quebecers of Haitian origin Dany Laferrière, following the attacks in Paris on Friday 13 November, paid tribute to Paris in a poem entitled "Paris 1983" inspired by one of his first stay in the French capital .

Paris 1983 :

"I walk
day and night
in Paris
for so long already
that I wonder
who lives in the other
always moved to know
that a poet named Villon
did it before me
that a liberator like Bolivar
stayed there in dandy
that my young neighbor Jean of the Masson Street
celebrated his twentieth anniversary until dawn
in a bistro opposite
of a small dimly lit square

I like to know that there exists a city
where women enjoy walking at night
without worrying shadows and also because there
is a metro station before tiredness.

I like to stroll in a town where the contrasting neighborhoods
Bloom after our dreams.

I like to stop at the cafe terrace
Observe the ballet of servers.

I love listening to conversations in the subway
Of young girls who tell the prior evening.

I like to see bare legs throughout the summer.
This lifestyle that no other city knows
better than Paris. And nobody has better sang than Villon and Aragon
Or this young girl cross on the Boulevard Richard-Lenoir
who exclaimed : 'I broke the heel but I do not
care if it's in Paris'.

Here I am in the bathtub to read this time,
Paris is a feast of Hemingway
While saying me that it will always be, whatever happens."

Dany Laferrière


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