Shell Moon-Colored – The Song of Love

Poem by Guillaume Apollinaire Collection CalligrammesThemes WarPeriod 20th century

Here is what the symphonic song of love is made of
There is the song of love of long ago
The sound of the frantic kisses of illustrious lovers
The cries of love of mortal women violated by the gods
The virilities of fabulous heroes erected like anti-aircraft guns
The precious howling of Jason
The mortal song of the swan
And the victorious hymn that the first rays of the sun made Memnon the
immobile sing
There is the cry of the Sabine women at the moment of the abduction
There are also the cries of love of the felines in the jungles
The muffled rumor of sap rising in the tropical plants
The thunder of the artilleries that accomplish the terrible love of peoples
The waves of the sea where life and beauty are born

There is in it the song of all the love of the world

Guillaume Apollinaire

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