Poem by Hugh MacDiarmid - English with French Translation - Learn French

Hugh MacDiarmid Translated

Short verse by BigMac.

Bilingual Poem English-French.

LE BON BOUT DU BATON.

(The right end of the stick by H. Macdiarmid, Ed Penguin 1985, Vol.1)
Je pense que vous tenez tous le bâton par le bon bout,

Mon ami Chrétien ou païen, extraverti ou introverti,

Mon ami mort, vivant ou à naître-le problème

Est que tous vos bâtons n’ont qu’un seul bout.

« Point Defect » -Traduction par J.A.

Copyright@JA.Exceptions?: cf post scriptum.

The right end of the stick.

I think you’ve all got the right end of the stick,

My Christian or Pagan, extrovert or introvert friend,

My dead friend, my live, my unborn- but the trouble

Is just that all your sticks have only one end.

H. MacDiarmid (Ed. Penguin 1985).

J.A. (9/06/2000)*Exceptions?: cf. Footnote.*

ANSWER to question on Sticks - Le(s) Baton(s)*

Possible Exceptions-

"La baguette de pain" hors inflation

French bread-"baguette"

&

The Chef d'Orchestres' Baton