Draw near your ear this shell <br />And listen to the sea of my words <br />Revealing within its waves <br />My love <br />My sadness <br />My anger <br />Listen to this timeless shell <br />Telling you all my stories <br />All my memories <br />The sea of my life, cruel and bitter <br />Its frightful storms <br />Their spray, the color of my tears <br />Listen please to my frail hopes <br />Do not let me fall <br />What's sadder on the deserted beach <br />Than a lonely empty shell? <br /> <br />Approche ton oreille de ce coquillage <br />Ecoute la mer de mes mots <br />Révélant au creux de ses vagues <br />Mon amour <br />Ma tristesse <br />Ma colère <br />Ecoute mon coquillage sans âge <br />Te raconter toutes mes histoires <br />Toute ma mémoire <br />La mer, cruelle et amère <br />Ses tempêtes terrifiantes <br />Ses embruns, couleur de mes pleurs <br />Ecoute mes fragiles espoirs <br />Ne me laisse pas choir <br />Quoi de plus triste sur la plage <br />Qu’un coquillage vide solitaire? <br /> <br />Translated from the French by the author<br /><br />Alain Ilan Braun<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-empty-shell-on-the-beach/
