N'attends-Toi A Rien.(Translation) . Poem by Michael Walker
N'attends-Toi A Rien.(Translation) .
N'attends-toi a rien. Vis simplement
De surprise.
deviens une etrangere
Au besoin de la pitie
Ou, si on distribue liberalement
La compassion
N'en prends qu'assez
Arrete-toi tout courte de l'envie de plaidoyer
Alors purge-toi du besoin.
Souhaite a rien de plus grand
Que ton petite coeur
Ou plus grande qu'une etoile;
Entame la deception sauvage
De caresses indifferentes et froides
Fais-en un parka
Pour ton ame.
Decouvre la raison pour laquelle
Une si petite nain
Existe du tout
si effrayee imprudente
Mais n'attends-toi a rien. Vis economiquement
De surprise.
'Expect Nothing'.Alice Walker.
Alice Walker is giving some advice to her small daughter, although her counsel could apply to adults as well. She advises her daughter to take nothing for granted ('expect nothing') and to live frugally, which implies not to be a spendthrift. It is tempting not to follow that advice today, with so much advertising about in all the media. It is tempting to spend freely.
Disappointment is sure to come her way, but the secret is to learn how to deal with it, to become indifferent to success or failure.Make this skill ' a parka for your soul'.
I think that Alice Walker gives very sound advice to her daughter.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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