From Pamplona, I'm the loon
scared of the laughter of the cunning Moon,
under the crepe of world-pain that won't pass...
For – o terror! – all is under a jar of glass.

Je suis le fou de Pampelune,
J'ai peur du rire de la Lune,
Cafarde, avec son crêpe noir...
Horreur ! tout est donc sous un éteignoir.

Original text (French)

Another quote →

Notes from Wikiquote

Heures, second stanza, from Les Amours jaunes (1873).

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Tristan Corbière (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.