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| And, of course, I acknowledge the copyright owners of this work, Emma Dodd and Albin Michel Jeunesse without whom we would not have this immense pleasure. |
| I found this book in a store on Le Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris. |
| The book is a joy to touch as well as to read. |
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| Le monde est vaste | et je suis si petit. |
| Tout va vite | et je suis si petit. |
| L'ocean est profound | et je suis si petit. |
| Les montagnes sont hautes | et je suis si petit. |
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| La vent est violent et je suis si petit. | L'hiver est long et je suis si petit. |
| Le ciel est infini | et je suis si petit. |
| Les etoiles sont lointaines | et je suis si petit. |
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| Tout est immense, et rapide et profound | et sombre et long et haut |
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| et je suis si petit. | Mais toi, tu es fort et tu es doux ... Quand je suis tout contre toi, il ne peut rien m'arriver. |
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| Je suis petit, mas je sais que pour toi ce qui compte le plus au monde |
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| ... c'est moi! |
3 comments:
I can't be bothered trying to translate the french but the pics are great.
The words are even greater! This is the meaning not the word by word translation. I think it is anyways ...
When everything is against you
The world is big, and I am so small.
Everything is fast, and I am so small.
The ocean is deep, and I am so small.
The mountains are high, and I am so small.
The wind is strong, and I am so small.
The winter is long, and I am so small.
The sky is vast, and I am so small.
The stars are far away, and I am so small.
Everything is big, and fast and deep and dark and long and high and I am so small.
But, you, you are strong and you are soft
When I am against you nothing will happen to me
I am little but I know that for you what matters most in the world is me.
It's just lovely.
My schoolgirl french held up not too badly, til I got to:
Les etoiles sont lointaines.
Stars!
Of course.
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