Fleurs du désert

Chapter 37: III

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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.

III

Réserve pour toi seul le chagrin qui te ronge,

Car rien ne rend si fort qu’un douloureux secret.

Si l’on voyait tes pleurs, qui te consolerait ?

Plaque sur ta figure un masque de mensonge.

Tiens ferme malgré tout sous le coup qui t’assomme,

Mais toujours reste digne et reste grand toujours,

Car un cri de détresse éclate sans recours

Et souffrir en silence est la vertu de l’homme.