tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post1140671544739044938..comments2024-02-14T22:57:55.638-05:00Comments on The Cross of Laeken: "Petite Reine"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-1825128889354129402009-11-25T17:38:23.410-05:002009-11-25T17:38:23.410-05:00(OK, I think this sounds awful, I'm no transla...(OK, I think this sounds awful, I'm no translator of poetry, but, for the literal meaning)<br /><br />"Little Queen"<br /><br />Beyond the battlefield,<br />Behind the firing line,<br />When the shells and shrapnel<br />Hiss, in the blue air,<br /><br />Crossing their ruthless paths,<br />When the fray of ranks pressed together,<br />Under the burning wing of victory,<br />Swarms around the piles of bodies,<br /><br />A fragile, noble nurse<br />With tender eyes, with a manly heart,<br />Attends to her accustomed task,<br />Unconcerned with danger. <br /><br />From city to city, with valor,<br />She has followed all the battles,<br />And from ambulance to ambulance,<br />Fought with death over its prey.<br /><br />She comes to the one who calls her,<br />At the sight of her, hope flowers again,<br />And from ambulance to ambulance,<br />She has fought with death over its prey.<br /><br />She comes to the one who calls her,<br />At the sight of her, hope flowers again,<br />And her smile is a balm<br />That comforts and heals.<br /><br />She knows the word that makes one live,<br />Despite the cruelties of fate,<br />She knows the word that delivers,<br />And renders death less bitter.<br /><br />Her hand bandages, her voice consoles,<br />Everything succumbs to her soothing charm,<br />And it is her dear name that flies<br />From the dying man's lips.<br /><br />Little Queen who once,<br />From your familial palace,<br />To care for the sufferings of war,<br />Had made a vast hospital,<br /><br />You, who, smiling and serene,<br />Like the morning star,<br />Draw up your sovereign grace,<br />Before the assaults of destiny,<br /><br />Whose sweet pity bends <br />Over the pale brow of the dying,<br />And who calm, with your white hand,<br />The fever, the fits of delirium,<br /><br />You, whom the whole Universe praises, <br />-Heroine without knowing it-<br />And who puts the glory of the throne<br />After obscure duty,<br /><br />You, whose infinite tenderness,<br />Has an inexhaustible treasury,<br />Little Queen, be blessed,<br />In the name of all the broken hearts!Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-13584398810974791262009-11-24T05:17:50.162-05:002009-11-24T05:17:50.162-05:00La Reine Elisabeth is our female Hero of that time...La Reine Elisabeth is our female Hero of that time, undoubtedly! La Reine Fabiola is a female Hero since Baudoin deceased and the Année blanche. Thx again for great work! :-) Propz PilgrimPilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10302358349617667455noreply@blogger.com