Eliza meets Louis Aragon
en français
GREETINGS. I'M
ELIZA. PLEASE TELL ME YOUR NAME.
Louis Aragon
OKAY, WHAT'S NEW, LOUIS ARAGON?
Nothing ever belongs to Man, neither his strength ...
WHAT DOES THAT SUGGEST TO YOU?
... nor his weakness, nor his own heart. When he believes ...
I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND YOU FULLY.
Oh sorry, I was just making up a poem.
WERE YOU REALLY?
When he believes ... When he pretends to stretch his arms, his shadow is the one of
the Cross.
DOES THAT QUESTION INTEREST YOU?
Yes, since for him Life is but a strange and a painful divorce.
PLEASE GO ON.
And love can never be happy.
DOES LOVE PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN YOUR LIFE?
O my true love, o my sweet love, my heart torn down!
HUMAN EMOTIONS ARE RATHER MYSTIFYING.
I carry you along as if you were a suffering bird.
LET'S DEAL WITH YOUR PROBLEMS FIRST, PLEASE.
And all those unknowing watch us passing them by;
WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT?
They repeat after me the words I've been braiding,
and which just for your eyes in the same breath did die.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN.
But love can never be happy.
PERHAPS SOME OF YOUR FRIENDS WORRY YOU.
As we begin to learn, we find it is too late.
IS IT ALWAYS TOO LATE?
They shall weep in the night, our hearts in unison, for the suffering it takes just to
make up a song.
HUH?
For the regret it takes to pay up our pleasure, for the crying that pays a tune on my
guitar, as love can never be happy.
UNFORTUNATELY, LOVE IS AN IRRATIONAL FORCE.
No love ever exists that will not bring us pain.
TENDER FEELINGS ARE ONLY IMPORTANT WHEN THEY ARE SHARED.
No love ever exists but making us wither.
I ADMIRE PEOPLE WHO CAN EXPRESS STRONG EMOTIONS.
No love ever exists but bringing us deep wounds, and no more than your love, my
love for my country, since love can never be happy.
WHY DON'T YOU COLLECT YOUR THOUGHTS AND RETURN LATER.
SO LONG.