TALON D'ACHILLE - ACHILLES ' HEEL

2 texts: first in French, second in English







                                   OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
                                            O                                               O                
                                           O    QU'EST-CE QU'ÊTRE HUMAIN    O
                                             O                                             O
                                    OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
                                                                           §
                                                                           O
                                                        "Simplement être en vie"
                                                                           O
                                                           Sans porter d'envie ?
                                                        O
                                                 "Poser une journée devant l'autre"
                                                                           O
                                                          Comme un bon apôtre ?
                                                                           O
                                                     "Espérer des temps meilleurs"
                                                                           O
                                                      Pour connaître le bonheur ?
                                                                           O
                                                       "Blanchir sous le harnais"
                                                                           O
                                              En portant les stigmates de ses méfaits ?
                                                                           O
                                                       "Attendre l'âge de la retraite"
                                                                           O
                                                       Et vivre  de quelques miettes ?
                                                                           O
                                                         "Notre prestigieuse espèce"
                                                                           O
                                                                 Tenue en laisse ?
                                                                           O
                                                        Préférant l'argent au vivant
                                                                           O
                                                         Elle se réduit au tourment :
                                                                           O
                                                         Colliers sertis de diamants
                                                                           O
                                                            Pour les cous puissants
                                                                           O
                                                             Ou chaînes de forçats
                                                                            O
                                                            Dans la majorité des cas
                                                                           O
                                                      La roue crantée de  l'existence
                                                                           O
                                                              Avale chaque maillon
                                                                           O
                                                                De la même façon
                                                                            O                       
                                                           Sans souci de la préséance
                                                                             O
                                                                           O                         O  O
                                                                           O                    O        O
                                                                             §   O   O   O         O
                                                                                 O                 O
                                                                  O     O


MY TRADUCTION


                                                           OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
                                                        O                                      O
                                                     O     WHAT IS TO BE HUMAN     O
                                                         O                                    O
                                                              OOOOOOOOOOOOO
                                                                                 §
                                                                                 O
                                                                     "Just being alive"
                                                                                 O
                                                                       Without envy?
                                                                                 O
                                                             "Put a day before the other"
                                                                                 O
                                                                   As a good apostle?
                                                                                 O
                                                              "Hoping for better times"
                                                             O
                                                                   To find happiness ?
                                                                                  O
                                                                    "Get old in harness"
                                                                                  O
                                                          Bearing the stigma of its misdeeds ?
                                                                                  O
                                                                   "Wait retirement age"
                                                                                  O
                                                                And live of a few crumbs?
                                                                                  O
                                                                "Our prestigious species"
                                                                                  O
                                                                       Kept on a leash?
                                                                                  O
                                                                 Preferring money to live
                                                                                  O
                                                               It is reduced to the torment :
                                                                                   O
                                                                     Diamond Necklaces
                                                                                   O
                                                                     For powerful necks
                                                                                   O
                                                                         Or chain gangs
                                                                                    O
                                                                          In most cases
                                                               O
                                                           The serrated wheel of existence
                                                               O
                                                                       Swallow each link
                                                               O
                                                                        In the same way
                                                                                     O
                                                            Without concern for precedence
                                                                                     O
                                                                O                O  O
                                                                O            O     O
                                                                 §  O  O       O
                                                                                          O          O
                                                                     O   O