extracted from The Tales of the Griotte
( if you put the French word griot - a griot = a story-teller - into the feminine form, you have the word griotte -, which also means morello cherry …)
this set is warmly dedicated to my friend Oscar
TO BE CONTINUED !
The hippopotamus was dreaming. He dreamed that he lived a happy life full of love and enjoyment.
L'hippopotame rêvait. Il rêvait qu'il vivait une vie pleine d'amour et de joie.
He was a quiet and generous hippopotamus, but he was a heavy hippopotamus.
C'était une brave bête d'hippopotame, plutôt gentil, - mais lourd !
He did not know that he was prisoner of a dream.
Il ne savait pas qu'il était prisonnier d'un rêve.
He was dreaming that a girl was in love with him.
Il rêvait qu'on l'aimait.
He did not understand that she loved only herself.
Il n'avait pas compris que l'autre n'aimait que lui-même.
Oh, she was not guilty ! It's a frequent matter !
Oh, ce n'était pas de sa faute ! C'est là chose courante !
Because they love only themselves, they want that everybody looks like them …
Comme ils n'aiment seulement que leur propre personne, les autres voudraient qu'on leur ressemble …
… and if you don't look like them, they don't love you any more.
… et si vous ne leur ressemblez pas, ils ne vous aiment plus.
The sky became outlandish. Le ciel est devenu bizarre.
The mountain was growling. La montagne a grondé.
The sky tore … Le ciel s'est déchiré …
… over the faded cities. - au-dessus des villes éteintes.
A tsunami gobbed up every thing. Un tsunami a tout englouti.
The water was blowing up … L'eau a explosé …
… and the fire spattering. - … et le feu a giclé.
The hippopotamus thought to have a solid skin …
L'hippopotame croyait avoir la peau solide …
… as a shell. - … comme une cuirasse.
Nethertheless he was mortally wounded.
Mais il était blessé à mort.
Seuls quelques fragments de son coeur flottaient encore dans l'eau noire …
Only some fragments of his heart were still floating in the black water …
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