“Automne” from “Taches de Rousseur”, written by Baron Philippe de Rothschild

La flame chrysanthème ourlait ton fauteuil
Ta chienne rêvait engourdie
Voies délavées gîtes refroidis
Farandoles effarouchées des feuilles
L’âtre jaloux lançait ses étincelles d’or
Au vent qui se vantait de me voler ton corps

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“Freckles” – 1946

Baron Philippe de Rothschild
Autumn
Your chair was hemmed in chrysanthemum fire
Twitching dozing your dreaming hound
Washed-out pathways chill rooms cold ground
Startled leaves rising in whirling spiral
The jealous hearth spat out its streaming sparks of gold
To the wind that bragged to me of stealing your folds

Shared September 2025