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Heredity
I am the family face;
Flesh perishes, I live on,
Projecting trait and trace
Through time to times anon,
And leaping from place to place
Over oblivion.
The years-heired feature that can
In curve and voice and eye
Despise the human span
Of durance - that is I;
The eternal thing in man,
That heeds no call to die.
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Алексей Чиванков on 2023-09-22

Contributors:
Valeriu Raut

French
Translation
L'hérédité
Je suis le visage de la famille ;
La chair périt, je vis toujours,
Projetant traits et traces
À travers les époques,
Et bondissant d'un endroit à l'autre
Par-dessus l'oubli.
Ce trait hérité des années qui peut
Dans la courbe, la voix et le regard
Mépriser l'espérance humaine
De la détention - c'est moi ;
L'éternité de l'homme
Qui ne répond pas à la mort.
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Valeriu Raut on 2025-09-17

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