Une Chanson De La Cour De Devant. (Translation) . Poem by Michael Walker
Une Chanson De La Cour De Devant. (Translation) .
Je suis restee dans la cour de devant toute ma vie.
Je veux un coup d'oeil de l'arriere
Ou elle est rude et pas soignee et de la mauvaise herbe pousse.
Une fille en a assez d'une rose.
Je veux aller dans la cour d'arriere maintenant
Et peut-etre dans la ruelle,
A l'endroit ou les enfants de charite jouent.
Je veux m'amuser aujourd'hui.
Ils font des choses merveilleuses.
Ils ont de l'amusement etonnant.
Ma mere ricane, mais je dis qu'il est beau
Comment ils ne doivent pas rentrer a neuf heures moins le quart.
Ma mere, elle me dit que Johnnie Mae
Deviendra une mauvaise femme.
Que Georges sera emprisonne tot ou tard
(Parce que l'hiver dernier il a vendu notre portillon d'arriere) .
Mais je dis qu'il est beau. Honnetement, je le dis.
Et je voudrais etre une mauvaise femme, aussi,
Et porter des bas braves de dentelle noire comme la nuit
Et me pavaner en bas des rues du maquillage a mon visage.
- ' A Song in the Front Yard'. Gwendolyn Brooks(1917-2000) .
The poem is about a girl growing up, where she wants to play, and what she dreams of becoming. She has stayed in the front yard all her life, and she wants a glimpse of the back yard, where weeds grow. She wants to go down the alley, where children from an orphanage play until late. These children have more fun.
Her mother is quite strict and warns that Johnnie Mae and George will turn out no good. But she does not agree. She would like to be a woman of the night one day, wearing black lace stockings and make-up as she struts down the the streets.
This is a very honest poem, not at all puritanical. The girl who disagrees with her mother may be Gwendolyn Brooks herself, but not necessarily. The front yard and back yard become symbols of respectability and life on the wild side.
To me, a candid poem well worth reading. It makes me want to have a good time today.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
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4/16/2024 11:52:55 AM # 1.0.0.1119
This poem entirely makes a person very emotional. Life has many perspectives. We expect to have good time always in life. This poem is excellently translated into French...10