Texte original en anglais de Patrick Modolo - traductions de G&J

Walking on Rockefeller Plaza 

Walking on Rockefeller Plaza 

Pacing  

Up

And

Down

Left

And

Riche

And seeing a couple

With a stroller 

Walking a giant 

Snake

Sure it was no babysnake

Marcher sur Rockefeller Plaza 

Marcher sur Rockefeller Plaza 

Stimulation 

Haut

Et

À terre

Gauche

Et

Riche

Et voir un couple

Avec une poussette 

Promenant un géant 

Serpent

Bien sûr que non

Foolish food

Every where

Any where

At any time

At no time

Eat

Eat

Eat

All that you can 

And fill 

And refill

And free refill

Sottise

Partout où

Où

À tout moment

À aucun moment

Manger

Manger

Manger

Tout ce que vous pouvez 

Et remplir 

Et recharger

Et recharge gratuite

High Line

Unique calligrammatic-ish monostic which gives the City landscape his poetical highness

Ligne haute

Unique monostique calligrammatique qui donne au paysage de la Ville sa grandeur poétique

Manhattan Island / Global Warning

Island-ship

With its Empire State Building

Foremast

Figure de proue

Et

Vent en poupe

Figure

De

Style

Your boat

Is

About

To sink

Manhattan Island / Alerte mondiale

Bateau-île

Avec son Empire State Building

Mât avant

Figure de proue

Et

Vent en poupe

Figure

De

Style

Votre bateau

Est

Près

De couler

Reading

Only a good day

Begins with reading

Only a better day

Begins with reading

Poetry

Lecture

Qu’un bon jour

Commence par lire

Qu'un meilleur jour

Commence par lire

Poésie

Free

I'm free

I'm free

I'm freezing

I'm freezing my Liberty

I'm freezing my Liberty off

Libérer

Je suis libre

Je suis libre

Je gèle

Je gèle ma liberté

Je givre ma liberté

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Texte intégral en anglais :

Visiting NYC

Weerd story

Never

Never write

Never write and

Never write and smoke

Poetry

Do

Do not

Do not write

Do not write and

Do not write and smoke

Poetry

Building the Empire State : Icarus' dream

Thousands workers

Getting some rest

In the air

On a beam of steel

Hundreds stares

Hundred floors

Thousands rivets-flowers

We belt an icon

A myth

The pride of the nation

The american dream

In a less than

400 days

Yeah

A new world record

And an everlasting tomb

For all the dead workers

Visiting the 9/11 Memorial

Please remain silent

No photo

No picture

Show respect

For our heros

And please

When you leave

Stop at our souvenir shop

On Ground Zero

Two large squares

Two prints

Of what once here

Standed

And

Collapsed

Water and fountains

Diving down

Now

To Hell

And names

Every name

OK smile for the picture

Is my selfy Okay

Let's put my face

Upon these names

Visiting the MoMa

Seeing paintings

A Van Gogh masterpiece

Click

I've got it

Next

Ego

Ego

Me

And

Myself

And

Me

And

I

And

Van Gogh

And

Me

And

Picasso

And

So

On

Visiting the One Vanderbuilt

Ego²

Ego

Egoo

Egooo

Egoooooooooooooooooooooooo

Ego³

Ego

Echoing

In a silent

Death

Death of Narcissus

I

Love

You

More

Than

You

Organic Poetry 

Look

Look

Look

Around

Look

Up

Look

Down

Look

At

And

Give birth

To Poetry

To your own poem

Give

Give

Your

Poetry

To

The

World

Free

I'm free

I'm free

I'm freezing

I'm freezing my Liberty

I'm freezing my Liberty off

Reading

Only a good day

Begins with reading

Only a better day

Begins with reading

Poetry

Ecology

Please

Save our planet

Why on earth

Are you

Using

So much

Plastics

So much

So much

So much

Please

Recycle

Paper

Paper

Paper

Paper

Paper

More

And

More

And

More

No more

Let's

Peel off

The Big Apple

To core and seeds

Ecology²

Please

Save our planet

And breathe

A cool

Fresh

Conditioned

Air

Through

"Wild-opened"

Windows

New York City Sky

No more

Stars

In New York City

Sky

The Skyscrapers

Wolffed them

Down

New York City Stars

Are now available

Only in museums

Underneath a glass-window  

XXIth Century Spleen

Quand le ciel bas et lourd

Pèse comme un couvercle

Que seuls percent

Quelques gratte-ciel

Se fissure alors

Ce plafond de verre

Manhattan Island : Global Warning

Island-ship

With its Empire State Building

Foremast

Figure de proue

Et

Vent en poupe

Figure

De

Style

Your boat

Is

About

To sink

High Line

Unique calligrammatic-ish monostic which gives the City landscape his poetical highness

Foolish food

Every where

Any where

At any time

At no time

Eat

Eat

Eat

All that you can 

And fill 

And refill

And free refill

Walking on Rockefeller Plaza 

Walking on Rockefeller Plaza 

Pacing  

Up

And

Down

Left

And

Riche

And seeing a couple

With a stroller 

Walking a giant 

Snake

Sure it was no babysnake 

NYC, April 23