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The Voice of Robert Desnos

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by Robert Desnos

So like a flower and a current of air

the flow of water fleeting¹ shadows

the smile glimpsed at midnight this excellent evening

so like every joy and every sadness

it is the midnight past lifting its naked body above belfries and poplars

I call to me those lost in the fields

old skeletons young oaks cut down

scraps² of cloth rotting on the ground and linen³ drying in farm country

I call tornadoes⁴ and hurricanes

storms typhoons cyclones⁵

tidal waves earthquakes

I call the smoke of volcanoes and the smoke of cigarettes

the rings of smoke from expensive cigars

I call lovers and loved ones

I call the living and the dead

I call gravediggers I call assassins

I call hangmen pilots bricklayers architects assassins

I call the flesh

I call the one I love

the jubilant midnight unfolds its satin wings and perches⁶ on my bed

the belfries and the poplars bend to my wish

the former collapse⁷ the latter bow down

those lost in the fields are found in finding me

the old skeletons are revived by my voice

the young oaks cut down are covered with foliage⁸

the scraps of cloth rotting on the ground and in the earth

snap to at the sound of my voice like a flag of rebellion

the linen drying in farm country clothes adorable women

whom I do not adore

who come to me

obeying my voice， adoring

tornadoes revolve⁹ in my mouth

hurricanes if it is possible redden my lips

storms roar at my feet

typhoons if it is possible ruffle¹⁰ me

I get drunken kisses from the cyclones

the tidal waves come to die at my feet

the earthquakes do not shake me but fade completely at my command

the smoke of volcanoes clothes me with its vapors¹¹

and the smoke of cigarettes perfumes me

and the rings of cigar smoke crown me

loves and love so long hunted find refuge in me

lovers listen to my voice

the living and the dead yield to me and salute¹² me

the former coldly the latter warmly

the gravediggers abandon the hardly-dug graves

and declare that I alone may command their nightly work

the assassins greet me

the hangmen invoke¹³ the revolution

invoke my voice invoke my name

the pilots are guided by my eyes

the bricklayers are dizzied listening to me

the architects leave for the desert

the assassins bless me

flesh trembles when I call

the one I love is not listening

the one I love does not hear

the one I love does not answer.

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1 fleeting
adj.短暂的，飞逝的
参考例句：
The girls caught only a fleeting glimpse of the driver.女孩们只匆匆瞥了一眼司机。 Knowing the life fleeting,she set herself to enjoy if as best as she could.她知道这种日子转瞬即逝，于是让自已尽情地享受。

2 scraps
油渣
参考例句：
Don't litter up the floor with scraps of paper. 不要在地板上乱扔纸屑。 A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material. 做杂拼花布棉被是利用零碎布料的好办法。

3 linen
n.亚麻布，亚麻线，亚麻制品；adj.亚麻布制的，亚麻的
参考例句：
The worker is starching the linen.这名工人正在给亚麻布上浆。 Fine linen and cotton fabrics were known as well as wool.精细的亚麻织品和棉织品像羊毛一样闻名遐迩。

4 tornadoes
n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。来自互联网 Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。来自互联网

5 cyclones
n.气旋( cyclone的名词复数 )；旋风；飓风；暴风
参考例句：
The pricipal objective in designing cyclones is to create a vortex. 设计旋风除尘器的主要目的在于造成涡旋运动。来自辞典例句 Middle-latitude cyclones originate at the popar front. 中纬度地区的气旋发源于极锋。来自辞典例句

6 perches
栖息处( perch的名词复数 )；栖枝；高处；鲈鱼
参考例句：
Other protection can be obtained by providing wooden perches througout the orchards. 其它保护措施是可在种子园中到处设置木制的栖木。 The birds were hopping about on their perches and twittering. 鸟儿在栖木上跳来跳去，吱吱地叫着。

7 collapse
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
参考例句：
The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。 The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

8 foliage
n.叶子，树叶，簇叶
参考例句：
The path was completely covered by the dense foliage.小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。 Dark foliage clothes the hills.浓密的树叶覆盖着群山。

9 revolve
vi.(使)旋转；循环出现
参考例句：
The planets revolve around the sun.行星绕着太阳运转。 The wheels began to revolve slowly.车轮开始慢慢转动。

10 ruffle
v.弄皱，弄乱；激怒，扰乱；n.褶裥饰边
参考例句：
Don't ruffle my hair.I've just combed it.别把我的头发弄乱了。我刚刚梳好了的。 You shouldn't ruffle so easily.你不该那么容易发脾气。

11 vapors
n.水汽，水蒸气，无实质之物( vapor的名词复数 )；自夸者；幻想 [药]吸入剂 [古]忧郁（症）v.自夸，（使）蒸发( vapor的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
His emotions became vague and shifted about like vapors. 他的心情则如同一团雾气，变幻无常，捉摸不定。来自辞典例句 They have hysterics, they weep, they have the vapors. 他们歇斯底里，他们哭泣，他们精神忧郁。来自辞典例句

12 salute
vi.行礼，致意，问候，放礼炮；vt.向…致意，迎接，赞扬；n.招呼，敬礼，礼炮
参考例句：
Merchant ships salute each other by dipping the flag.商船互相点旗致敬。 The Japanese women salute the people with formal bows in welcome.这些日本妇女以正式的鞠躬向人们施礼以示欢迎。

13 invoke
v.求助于(神、法律)；恳求，乞求
参考例句：
Let us invoke the blessings of peace.让我们祈求和平之福。 I hope I'll never have to invoke this clause and lodge a claim with you.我希望我永远不会使用这个条款向你们索赔。

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