text of French poem

[Tania]

beautiful! thanx for that!

tania
ontario, canada

Quoting Tom Priestly <tom.priestlyaUALBERTA.CA>:

> Hi,
> Here it is, as sent to me by Rosina yesterday but with my own
> amendments to the translation (and checked by a Francophone here):
> >"Je serai pelerin.
> >Je marcherai.
> >Je marcherai sous le soleil trop lourd,
> >sous le pluie a verse et dans la tourmente.
> >En marchant, le soleil rechauffera
> >mon coeur de pierre,
> >la pluie fera de mes deserts un jardin.
> >A force d'user mes chaussures,
> >j'userai mes habitudes.
> >Je marcherai,
> >et ma marche sera demarche .
> >J'irai moins au bout de la route
> >qu'au bout de moi-meme.
> >Je serai pelerin.
> >Je ne partirai pas seulement en voyage;
> >je deviendrai  moi-meme un voyage,
> >un pelerinage."
> >(Une groupe de pélerins québecois)
> >
> >I will be a pilgrim.
> >I will walk.
> >I will walk under the burning sun,
> >in the pouring rain and in the storm.
> >Walking, the sun will warm
> >my heart of stone,
> >the rain will transform my deserts into a garden.
> >Through wearing out my shoes
> >I shall wear away my old habits.
> >I shall walk.
> >And my walk will be a beginning.
> >I will go less in order reach the end of the route
> >than to reach the end of myself.
> >I will be a pilgrim.
> >I will not just depart on a journey,
> >but I myself will be a journey,
> >a pilgrimage.
> >(A group of Québec pilgrims)
>
> Cheers, Tom
> --
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Tania

\"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an
 indomitable will.\" ~Mahatma Gandhi



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