Qu'elle était donc tentatrice
Lors du bal au Palais d'Hiver
La gorge de l'Ambassadrice
Sous l'écharpe en tulle vert!
Ce fut, à son gré, lécole
Buissonnière en plus d'un cas
Sous le manteau du Protocole
Pendant quatre mazurkas.
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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 perverse one", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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How tempting the Ambassadress' throat
in its green tulle scarf during the ball at the Winter Palace.
More than one skipped out,
under the mantle of Protocol
during four mazurkas.