RENE CHAR ~

 Gala & René Char

 (1935)

 TO M.H.


                                          11 September, 1966

 

Back and forth goes Autumn, swifter than the gardener's rake.

Autumn does not overwhelm the heart, which needs the

branch and the branch's shadow.



translated by Mark Hutchinson



 

Seagull Books, 2015