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# Translation -- Victor Hugo 'Demain, dès l’aube...'
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- Published: 2022-04-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-04-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Tomorrow morning's early light, land painted white, I'll take a long and winding walk, I know you'll wait. Through mountain forest trails and valleys that divide I cannot linger, cannot stop, and can't be late
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

Tomorrow morning's early light, land painted white,  
I'll take a long and winding walk, I know you'll wait.  
Through mountain forest trails and valleys that divide  
I cannot linger, cannot stop, and can't be late

Eyes looking inward, seeing nothing but dark spots,  
I won't see anything and hear no noise nearby.  
Unknown to anyone, back hunched, and hands in knots.  
My sorrow darkness; light is giving up. A sigh.

I will not see the sunset spreading its gold leaf  
nor see the distant sailboats that are Harfleur bound  
Arriving at your grave, where I will stand, in grief  
Bouquet of hollies, and fresh heathers, on the ground

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**Author notes:** wc 113