QUATRAINTETRASTIQUE - A MOANING QUATRAIN
François Villontr. Peter Dean
Je suis François, dont il me poise,
Né de Paris emprés Pontoise,
Et de la corde d'une toise
Saura mon col que mon cul poise.
I’m Frankie, a fact which gets me down,
born near Paris, in Pontoise town,
whose neck from noose and stretched rope’s height
will measure the weight of his arse’s flight.
(Fr. tetras = grouse)
Trans. Copyright © Peter Dean 2003 







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