Ennemi. (Translation) . Poem by Michael Walker

Ennemi. (Translation) .

Il serait agreable
En tout cas,
De vous rencontrer quelque jour,
Face a face
En descendant a marcher
Le chemin de l'enfer...
A mesure que je monte
En me sentant epatant.

- 'Enemy'. Langston Hughes. 'The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes', op. cit., p.233. (Poems 1941-1950) .

Saturday, April 8, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: life
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Langston Hughes made enemies in his life, and this poem is addressed to one of them. He would like to meet his enemy face-to-face one day when he is walking down to hell, while the poet is coming up from there.
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