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James A. Emanuel

Je chante le Seigneur
(j’en ai tant bavé pour vivre,
levée à cinq heures).

Joues cannelle, Seigneur,
sourire maïs.          CHANTER fait
ventre, petit sans pain.

Foi de lavandière,
charme militaire, message
et classe du visage.

La main sur le cœur,
sa voix dans l’oreille          pèlerin,
sois ici en paix.

Translated by Jean Migrenne

© 1991 James A. Emanuel. All rights reserved.
From Jazz From the Haiku King | Broadside Press, 1999
Reprinted by permission of the author.

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