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Sidonie has more than one lover,
It is a well-known thing
That she admits, proudly.
Sidonie has more than one lover
Because, for her, being naked
Is her most charming garment.
It is a well-known thing,
Sidonie has more than one lover.
She catches them with her blond hair
As, in its web, the spider
Catches flies and hornets.
She catches them with her blond hair.
Toward her sunlit pupil
They fly, poor butterflies.
As, in its web, the spider
She catches them with her blond hair.
She catches them with her teeth
When laughter parts her mouth
And devours the imprudent.
She catches them with her teeth.
Her mouth, when she lies down,
Remains pink and her teeth inside.
When laughter parts her mouth
She catches them with her teeth.
She leads them by the nose,
As, they say, the rattlesnake does
With the birds it has fascinated.
She leads them by the nose.
When in a pout she displays
Her tongue to their astonished eyes,
As, they say, the rattlesnake does
She leads them by the nose.
Sidonie has more than one lover,
Whether she is blamed or praised for it
She cares equally.
Sidonie has more than one lover.
So, until she is nailed
To the funeral fir tree,
Whether she is blamed or praised for it,
Sidonie will have more than one lover.
Charles Cros
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