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Fleurs du désert

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A collection of lyrical poems uses desert imagery—sand, wind, caravans, wells and night-blooming flowers—to meditate on transience, longing and endurance. Divided into two complementary sections, the pieces range from aphoristic counsels about resignation, hope and desire to intimate portraits of love, grief and memory. Recurrent motifs of crepuscule, travel and fragile beauty frame reflections on solitude, the cost of aspiration, and the tension between daring and prudence. The language alternates austere, stoic admonition and tender melancholic observation, portraying life as a sequence of brief joys amid inevitable loss.

IV

Il faut tout supporter sans se plaindre ici-bas.
Le hasard n’est-il point le maître des combats ?
Accepte ta victoire, accepte ta défaite.
Nul ne commande aux dieux et nul n’est leur prophète.
N’as-tu jamais appris que tu n’es rien, vivant,
Sinon l’ombre d’un songe où s’amuse le vent ?