Le grand Turc apprend ce qu'il cuit
Aux Kurdes en déroute.
Quand le jeune hetman les poursuit
Par les gorges sans route.
Mais son regard devient dément
Lorsqu'aux hordes soumises
Le vainqueur, changeant de chemise,
Montre deux seins charmants.
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First published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, nouvelle série, February 1, 1920 (7ème année, n°77).
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- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "The martial one", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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The Great Turk finds out what troubles
he's causing for the fleeing Kurds
when the young hetman pursues them
through trackless canyons,
but he goes mad when,
the hordes in submission,
the conqueror changes shirt
and shows two charming breasts.