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Raz
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since 2002-04-30

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Quebec, Canada

0 posted 2002-05-03 12:49 PM

Poser un Lapin

Dolcequita, ma douce,
velveteen and shy. That my arms
fit well around ta petite taille
I took to mean you were delicate
rather than fragile.

I wanted to keep your lips
new and pink, be reminded comment rougir,
hug you tight and breathless
as skin, close as the corners of rooms
where walls meet ceiling.

Your silence feather-light
and as quiet, another word
je ne pouvais traduire.
Kissing you j’t’ai mordu,
I inhaled your breath

like a wish I didn’t mean
for anyone to know.
Avec les lèvres meurtries tu m’as posé un lapin,
held my hand
loose as a good-luck charm
spent of all its magic.

nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines

1 posted 2002-05-03 01:11 PM

my my Razzzz are you getting romantic on me? I loved it... and I love French anyway...it rolls off the tongue. *s

hugs
M

Christopher

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2 posted 2002-05-03 01:13 PM

uhmm... i don't know french - i liked the words in between, but would you mind giving me some definitions so i can understand the whole?

Chris

Raz
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since 2002-04-30

Posts 51
Quebec, Canada

3 posted 2002-05-03 01:19 PM

Sorry Chris, I always forget that.

Here goes:

Poser un Lapin (word for word 'to give/place a rabbit' also a French expression for being stood up)
Dolcequita (Spanish for little sweetie)
ma douce (my soft, or my soft one)
ta petite taille (your small waist)
comment rougir (how to blush)
je ne pouvais traduire (I could not translate)
j’t’ai mordu (I bit you)
Avec les lèvres meurtries tu m’as posé un lapin (with bruised lips you stood me up)

Hope this helps.

-Raz

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

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4 posted 2002-05-03 02:12 PM

(smiles) Oh Raz, I love french just as I love this wondeful poem, knowing plenty of another romantic language, Spanish, I was able to understand much of this poem! (big hugggssssss) This is excellent, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Raz, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

[This message has been edited by Mistletoe Angel (05-03-2002 02:13 PM).]

Seymour Tabin
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5 posted 2002-05-03 02:21 PM

Raz,
Well I like the translations, enjoyed.

bsquirrel

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6 posted 2002-05-03 02:30 PM

C'est bon. (that was a pretty weak reply, I know, but my french is severely limited, et je suis tres fatigue aujourd'hui). See what I mean?

Enjoyed.

Raz
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since 2002-04-30

Posts 51
Quebec, Canada

7 posted 2002-05-03 02:32 PM

bsquirrel, pas si mal pour un gars du sud de la californie.

Seymour, glad you enjoyed.

-Raz

ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10

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my own state

8 posted 2002-05-03 03:26 PM

Nice going Raz, introducing a poem in more than one language too

Vous avez introduit un expressions interessants, es-ce que vous connait l'origine?Keep up the subtle foreign language entries and theor explanations

JamesMichael
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9 posted 2002-05-03 05:13 PM

Wonderful with a little French mixed in...James

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

10 posted 2002-05-03 05:21 PM

I wanted to keep your lips
new and pink, be reminded comment rougir,
hug you tight and breathless
as skin, close as the corners of rooms
where walls meet ceiling.

Your silence feather-light
and as quiet, another word
je ne pouvais traduire.
Kissing you j’t’ai mordu,
I inhaled your breath
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dang! I love this!!
Wow! Oh yes....stammering here.
~Hugs~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

Raz
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since 2002-04-30

Posts 51
Quebec, Canada

11 posted 2002-05-03 09:05 PM

ecrivan,
"C'est dans le milieu de la prostitution au siècle dernier que la locution est née.
Une fille qui se faisait "faire cadeau d'un lapin" ou "poser un lapin" quand son client, après avoir pris son plaisir, "détaller comme un lapin" en oubliant de rétribuer ses faveurs."
http://www.leximot.net/expression.php3?id_expr=986

And for the rest of you, the expression "poser un lapin", to be given a rabbit, comes from 19th century prositution... a woman was said to be 'given a rabbit' when her client, after having his fun, would 'run off like a rabbit' without renumerating the young woman for her favours....

[This message has been edited by Raz (05-03-2002 09:19 PM).]

Martie

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12 posted 2002-05-03 09:34 PM

I really enjoyed this. Not really knowing the language, but seeing some connection to English, made it all the more alluring. And what did you say to bsquirrel about California?

Raz
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since 2002-04-30

Posts 51
Quebec, Canada

13 posted 2002-05-03 09:42 PM

Martie,
squirrel said his French was severely limited... I told him not bad for a guy from southern California.

Glad this appealed to you.

-Raz

Elan
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State of Wide Eye

14 posted 2002-05-03 09:43 PM

Merci!

menage a demideux
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15 posted 2002-05-03 09:45 PM

Oui oui!

Christopher

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16 posted 2002-05-06 02:14 AM

MUCH better! uhmm - not the poem, but rather, my understanding. with the translations (i didn't really pay attention in French class, i was too busy ogling the teacher!

) but the line "with bruised lips you stood me up" ratcheted this from good to great.

this is so soft and yet so vivid. very much appreciate the translations!

Chris

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