Jardin Extraordinaire (mes excuses à Charles Trenet)

dVerse is giving us free rein to write in a foreign language.  I wrote this poem early on in my French studies, as a commentary on an old photograph, in the style of Philippe Labro, in his Poème sur la Vie, situated in the future, where the world is greatly changed.

Qui a créé ce jardin?
Elle a dû aimer le plein air
Qui a planté toutes ces fleurs ?
Est-ce qu’elles poussaient bien pour elle ?

Y avait-il des enfants qui jouaient
Parmi ces bordures épatantes ?
J’aurais bien aimé sentir cette fleur,
Apprécier sa glorieuse couleur.

Qui a tondu toute cette herbe ?
La photo montre qu’elle était superbe.
Qui a joué sur la balançoire ?
Qui a couru dans cette verdure ?

Avec quelle joie rentrait-on le soir
après une journée ensoleillée ?
Est-ce qu’il y avait du soleil
et des beaux jours dans le passé ?

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Who created this garden?
She must have loved being outside.
Who planted all these flowers?
They must have grown well for her.

Were there children,
playing among these splendid borders?
I would love to have smelled that flower,
appreciated its glorious colour.

Who mowed these lawns?
The photo shows that they were superb.
Who played on this swing?
Who ran on this verdure?

With what joy did they go in at night
after a sunny day?
Did they have  sun
and lovely days in the past?

I write quite a lot of (bad) French poetry now, and I will leave you with a little Haiga which needs no translation

 

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