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I was having feelings about Victor Hugo's poem "Demain dès l'aube" (Tomorrow at Dawn) about his grief following the death of his daughter and Bruce losing Jason and I wanted to make a little comic with the text, but I'm scared to draw Bruce and can't seem to get the angel statue right, so here's a spotty translation of the poem so that you, too, can feel sad about it. Choices and sacrifices were made to keep the rythm and most significant parts, things got lost in translation that I couldn't salvage, but I still hope it helps sharing a little of its beauty.
Tomorrow as the land pales in the light of dawn,
I will leave for you see, I know that you await
I will go through the woods, and through the mountains high
I can no longer stay so far away from you.
I will walk with my eyes boring in thoughts my own
Unseeing any sight, unhearing any noise
Lone, and unknown, with a bent back and folded hands
Sad, and the day to me will be such as the night.
I will not gaze upon this dusk a golden fume
Nor the shade of the ships sailing to the harbour,
And then, as I arrive, I will lay on your tomb
A bouquet of holly and blossoming heather.
Victor Hugo, from the Poetry Collection «Les Contemplations» Book 4, Pauca Meae (1856)
This isn't even the poem I've read that fits them best, far from it, but I keep picturing Bruce walking from the cave (leaving the Robin suit) through Crime Alley to the cemetery and being sad about it and now you get to be sad too.
#bruce wayne#batman#jason todd#robin#robin ii#batman & robin#a death in the family#poetry#victor hugo#pauca meae#les contemplations#demain dès l'aube#dc#dc comics#jason todd angst#jason todd death
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Demain, dès l'aube, à l'heure où blanchit la campagne, Je partirai. Vois-tu, je sais que tu m'attends. J'irai par la forêt, j'irai par la montagne. Je ne puis demeurer loin de toi plus longtemps.
Je marcherai les yeux fixés sur mes pensées, Sans rien voir au dehors, sans entendre aucun bruit, Seul, inconnu, le dos courbé, les mains croisées, Triste, et le jour pour moi sera comme la nuit.
Je ne regarderai ni l'or du soir qui tombe, Ni les voiles au loin descendant vers Harfleur, Et quand j'arriverai, je mettrai sur ta tombe Un bouquet de houx vert et de bruyère en fleur.
Victor Hugo, Demain, dès l'aube... (Les Contemplations)
#victor hugo#les contemplations#poésie#poésie française#recueil#récitation#littérature#littérature française#français#mot#mots#citation#citations#xixème siècle
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Il y a vraiment des jours pour tout sur tumblr, hein?
Tant que nous y sommes, voici, juste pour s'amuser, quelques citations en français que j'aime bien (et vous pouvez voter pour votre préférée, bien évidemment. Ce blog est un tournoi, après tout) :
Citation A :
Il n'y eut rien qu'un éclair jaune près de sa cheville. Il demeura un instant immobile. Il ne cria pas. Il tomba doucement comme tombe un arbre. Ça ne fit pas de bruit, à cause du sable.
-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le petit Prince
Citation B :
Le résultat enfin de la suprême cour
Fut de condamner la Folie
A servir de guide à l’Amour.
-Jean de La Fontaine, Fables de La Fontaine, livre XII, L'Amour et La Folie
Citation C :
Fichtre ! C'est grave. Nous sommes tous très intéressés, très mouches du coche. Folcoche se tord toujours, inconsciente, les deux mains sur le foie. Sa respiration siffle. Dois-je le dire ? Mais nous respirons mieux depuis qu'elle étouffe.
-Hervé Bazin, Vipère au poing
Citation D :
Et dire qu'elle est morte! Hélas! que Dieu m'assiste !
Je n'étais jamais gai quand je la sentais triste ;
J'étais morne au milieu du bal le plus joyeux
Si j'avais, en partant, vu quelque ombre en ses yeux.
-Victor Hugo, Les Contemplations, Elle avait pris ce pli dans son âge enfantin
Citation E :
Aujourd'hui, maman est morte. Ou peut être hier, je ne sais pas. J'ai reçu un télégramme de l'asile : « Mère décédée. Enterrement demain. Sentiments distingués. » Cela ne veut rien dire. C'était peut être hier.
-Albert Camus, L'étranger
Le plus dûr a été de n'en choisir que cinq haha
#speak your language day#spyld#french#citations#antoine de saint exupéry#le petit prince#Hervé Bazin#vipère au poing#victor hugo#albert camus#l'étranger#jean de la fontaine#fables de la fontaine#les contemplations#Léopoldine
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Je ne puis demeurer loin de toi plus longtemps.
VH
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favourite books? (fiction and non-fiction)
TOO MANY TO LIST but let’s try anyway:
Novels:
La vérité sur l’affaire Harry Québert, by Joël Dicker
Hygiène de l’Assassin, by Amélie Nothomb
The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
All three are excellent treatises on the harshness (and sometimes cruelty) of the writing process, disguised as mystery novels. One of these is actually the reason I chose the name “Nina” for my OC, and eventually this blog! I had a much higher tolerance for darker content when I first came across these, so be warned.
Speaking of mystery novels, between the ages of 12 and 13, I read an impressive amount of Agatha Christie books. I feel like they deserve an honorary mention.
Plays:
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand.
[ Shocked gasps from the audience ]
IT’S JUST SO GOOD OK. There’s a reason I reference it in fanfics all the time.
Poetry:
Les Contemplations by Victor Hugo.
Dude was a horrible human being, but he certainly knew how to write.
Comics:
De Cape et de Crocs by Alain Ayrolles and Jean-Luc Masbou.
Basically the ultimate fix-it fic, disguised as a tribute to French literature!
(This cover makes me vibrate so much. See this man’s face? No, and that’s the point. But every reader knew exactly what to expect when they picked it up at the book store and gosh did Ayrolles and Masbou deliver.)
Childhood books:
The Pricesse Zélina series is what really got me into reading as a child! Just your typical story about a princess going on adventures, falling in love, and constantly outsmarting her wicked stepmother.
Additionally, these bad boys:
All of which are reliable sources of information about the real world. Probably.
Anyways, books. 📚
#Thank you for the ask! 💖#literature#french literature#la vérité sur l’affaire harry québert#hygiène de l’assassin#the shadow of the wind#cyrano de bergerac#les contemplations#de cape et de crocs#princesse zélina#tumblr asks
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Happy Birthday Victor Hugo!
Born: February 26, 1802, Besançon, France
Died: May 22, 1885, Paris, France
#les misérables#victor hugo#the hunchback of notre dame#les contemplations#the poor people#the man who laughs#the last day of a condemned man#toilers of the sea
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— Victor Hugo, Les contemplations
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Les Contemplations (Intégral, Les 6 Livres) est un recueil de poésies du poète et dramaturge français Victor Hugo.
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La nuit était fort noire et la forêt très-sombre. Hermann à mes côtés me paraissait une ombre. Nos chevaux galopaient. A la garde de Dieu !
Victor Hugo - Les Contemplations
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#lines that live rent free in my head tbh. although i'm not sure i communicated it as well/clearly as i'd like#he should def look a little more scary but i'm not the best at dogs aksdjfhjdsk#thoughts#my art#les mis#jean valjean#javert#<- i mean. sort of. lol#also Two footnotes here:#firstly i'm pretty sure in the original french it just stops short at 'to lick' & what is being licked is just implied by the context#so the 'intruder's hand' is all hapgood afaik. that said it's fun so i'm keeping it. fan art of hapgood translation specifically now ig#second footnote is just that i don't think he'd actually have any scars around his wrist bc the manacles are only for actually being#arrested afaik. when he was actually in toulon he'd only have the chain on his leg. but it's good symbolism so.#also the chain thing i had a whole thought process abt symbolism we being willingly/unwillingly chained willingly/unwillingly set loose#parallels & contrasts etc etc but i don't think it really ended up being very clear. but oh well. we're clearing out wips here#also was contemplating something about that thing about medieval art of saints having an open palm to represent#openness/sincerity/righteousness to the person they're facing but again not very evident
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well …. didn’t enjoy that ….. fuck
#gonna lie down for a bit and contemplate#les mis#les misérables#orestes fasting and pylades drunk#lm 5.1.23#enjolras#grantaire#enjoltaire#mine
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fics where jean is like JAVERT WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON THE PONT AU CHANGE!! are so funny to me bc like.... girl what are YOU doing at the pont au change 👁️ why are YOU at the bridge over famously lethal rapids.... 👀
#suicidal ppl be like uhhhh love staring into the deep darkness. love physical manifestions of the Void™#love staring into the great abyss and contemplating jumping but not actually doing it#anyway#jean valjean#javert#les mis#les miserables#should i trigger tag this#yeah just in case#suicidal ideation tw
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#my art#super 4#super 4 playmobil#super 4 alex#super 4 gene#man it’s been forever sense I posted my own shit#also this is pretty lazy I made this in like les than an hour in total#I’ve got a sore throat and a shit ton of homework 2 do tonight#I’m contemplating not going to school tomorrow#I’m gonna | insert all of the above |
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ça c symbolique ça c symbolique... mais là à un certain point si tout est symbolique ya rien qui reste. genre il faut garder qqch au moins qcq tu fait de ta vie sinon
#julia.txt#vagueposting in french to offset the vagueposting guilt#jcrois quil y a un juste milieu quon peut trouver entre ya rien qui est symbolique tout est mot pour mot#et des fois. ya des actions quon doit prendre. cmon#la vie chrétienne est pas une vie que tu passe à rester dans ta chambre en train de contempler#c quand même une vie d'action#et quand ya qqch qui est DIT. GENRE C UN ORDRE DIRECT#là il faut admettre. il faudrait le faire#mais bon. peace and love on planet earth#un ordre direct de la BOUCHE du seigneur genre jpeux pas croire qu'il y a du monde qui croit que c symbolique#jen peux plus
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Tu es la beauté que j'adore
Car elle m'a appris à aimer
Et à comprendre la laideur
Qui est le miroir
Où je peux contempler Ma vérité.
J. Higelin
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Henri-Guillaume Schlesinger (French-German, 1814-1893) La Contemplation, 1860
#Henri-Guillaume Schlesinger#french#german#1800s#le contemplation#art#fine art#fine arts#brunette#woman#female portrait#female#portrait#classical art#oil painting#traditional art#europe#europa#european
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