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I would like some corrections on this most likely abysmal translation. (I'm at the beginning of learning french and am not a native english speaker.)
ORIGINAL: http://poesie.webnet.fr/lesgrandsclassiques/poemes/alphonse_de_lama...
Yes, I have left this quite port,
This port that calls for a long time
Where far away from the troubles of the city
In a soft and easy slumber,
Without sound my days have sunk
I have left this dark valley
The rustic roof of a friend
Far from the groves of Bissy
My muse regretfully exiled
Departs sad and sorry,
For the stay that she had chosen.
We will no longer be going to the meadows,
At the first ray of the morning
Astray with uncertain step,
Our poetic dreams.
We will no longer see the sun,
The high peaks of Italy
The cause of her red sun
Like the father of life
Go to the slumbering nature,
The first flash of the awakening.
We will no longer taste you shadow,
Ancient pines, the honor of these woods,
You will no longer hear our secrets,
In this dark and humid cave,
We will no longer seek the costs,
And the evening upon the rustic temple,
When the melancholic bell,
Calls for all the hamlet,
We will no longer go to prayer,
We shall bend upon the simple rock
That covers an old tomb.
Goodbye valleys, farewell groves,
Azure lake, savage rocks,
Dense forests stay quite.
Stay happy and wise,
I have left you forever.
Alpha
Already my fleeting boat,
At the breath of deceptive zephyrs,
Is moving away regretfully to the shore,
-have no idea-
I face new shores,
And undoubtedly new dangers,
My frail boat is devoted,
At the prime of its life,
On what cliffs, on what shores
Have I not yet fallen?
But with a reckless complaint,
Why harsh destiny?
Barley in the middle of the path,
Is it necessary to look back?
My lips have barely tasted,
The bitter chalice of life,
I have rejected it.
But the cruelty it carries,
We must drink to the dregs.
When my feet have crossed,
Two thirds of our path,
Under the weight of a lifetime,
When my hair will have whitened,
I will return to now old Bissy,
Visit the lone roof,
Where the havens keep my friend,
In some deep retirement,
Under the trees he had planted,
We will see, flowing like a wave,
The end of our turbulent days,
There without fear and without hope,
On our stormy existence,
Brought back by memories,
Casting our gaze aback
We will measure the life,
That has hid.
As an aging pilot,
From the top of a lonely rock,
The evening sitting quietly,
Let it wander of
And still contemplate the extent
Of the seas it once had roamed.
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