Villanelle

I have seen the swallow fly over

In the clear morning sky:

She was flying by wing

To the land to which she is called

By the sun and the jasmine.

I have seen the swallow fly over!

I have followed for a long time with my eyes

The flight of the traveller...

Since then, my dreaming soul

accompanies her through the skies.

Ah! ah! to the mysterious land!

And I would have wished like her

to follow the same path...

I have seen the swallow fly over, etc.