Fragment

Poem by Alfred De Musset Collection Early PoemsPeriod 19th century

When I loved you, for you I would have given my life,
But it is you, by loving you, you who took the desire from me.
You will no longer catch me in your one-day traps;
Your laughter is now and your tears are superfluous.
Thus, when to the child the old dark room
Frightens, he goes all naked to unhook some armor;
He shuts himself in, he returns all trembling with fright
Into his warm room and into his cold bed.
And then, when in the morning the day comes to appear,
He finds his phantom in the folds of his window,
Sees his useless weapon, laughs and, triumphant,
Cries out: “Oh! how afraid I am! oh! what a child I am!”

Alfred De Musset

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