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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks to several of you for the French Quebecois
poem, as well as the English one. I'm printing them to take along with us
in April.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kathy</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tom.priestlyaUALBERTA.CA href="mailto:tom.priestlyaUALBERTA.CA">Tom
Priestly</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
href="mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU">GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 09, 2004 1:51
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> text of French poem</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Here it is, as sent to me by Rosina yesterday
but with my own amendments to the translation (and checked by a Francophone
here):</FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">"Je serai pelerin.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Je marcherai.<BR>Je marcherai sous le soleil
trop lourd,<BR>sous le pluie a verse et dans la tourmente.<BR>En marchant,
le soleil rechauffera<BR>mon coeur de pierre,<BR>la pluie fera de mes
deserts un jardin.<BR>A force d'user mes chaussures,<BR>j'userai mes
habitudes.<BR>Je marcherai,<BR>et ma marche sera demarche .<BR>J'irai moins
au bout de la route<BR>qu'au bout de moi-meme.<BR>Je serai pelerin.<BR>Je ne
partirai pas seulement en voyage;<BR>je deviendrai moi-meme un
voyage,<BR>un pelerinage."</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">(Une groupe de pélerins
québecois)</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><BR>I will be a pilgrim.<BR>I will
walk.<BR>I will walk under the burning sun,<BR>in the pouring rain and in
the storm.<BR>Walking, the sun will warm<BR>my heart of stone,<BR>the rain
will transform my deserts into a garden.<BR>Through wearing out my
shoes<BR>I shall wear away my old habits.<BR>I shall walk.<BR>And my walk
will be a beginning.<BR>I will go less in order reach the end of the
route<BR>than to reach the end of myself.<BR>I will be a pilgrim.<BR>I will
not just depart on a journey,</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">but I myself will be a journey,</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">a pilgrimage.<BR>(A group of Québec
pilgrims)</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>Cheers, Tom</DIV><X-SIGSEP><PRE>--
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<DIV>+++++++++++++++++++++++<BR>Tom Priestly<BR>9215-69 Street<BR>Edmonton
AB<BR>Canada T6B 1V8<BR>phone 780-469-2920<BR>fax 780-492-9106<BR>e-mail:
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