It’s the sweet law of men
They make wine from
grapes
They make fire from
coal
They make men from
kisses
It’s the true law of
men
Kept intact despite
the misery and war
despite danger of death
It’s the warm law of
men
To change water to
light
Dream to reality
Enemies to friends
A law old and new
That perfects itself
From the child’s
heart’s depths
To reason’s heights.
Paul Éluard
translated by A. S. Kline
(Picture: The dream Paolo and Francesca, Umberto Boccioni)
translated by A. S. Kline
(Picture: The dream Paolo and Francesca, Umberto Boccioni)
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