“Corps éthérés
Vêtus de serpentine
Que portent des mains
Aux griffes acérées
Monstres chassant gorgés
De rage primitive
Rangés aux pieds
Des arbres qui respirent”
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Translation from French:
Ethereal bodies
Clothed in serpentine
Are borne by hands
With sharp claws
Preying monsters throbbing
With a primitive rage
Lurking among
Trees who breathe
“Terre meurtrie
Malade en son sein
Grondant et versant
Son souffle volcanique
Oiseaux de proie
En armée d’enfants-bêtes
Qui s’apprêtent à venger
Leur mère à l’agonie”
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Roughly translates to:
Earth murdered
Sick within
Rumbling and sloping
Its volcanic breath
Birds of prey
In army of child-beasts
Who are preparing to avenge
Their mother in agony
This verse could be interpreted as being about Mother Earth taking revenge against mankind for the damage they have caused over the years. ‘Acts of God’ such as earthquakes could be seen as an attempt of this, personified here as “birds of prey”.