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{{poem
|title=[[Alcools]]
|title= [[Alcools]]
|author=Guillaume Apollinaire
|author= Guillaume Apollinaire
|section=The Gypsy
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|section= The Gypsy
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|notes=[[fr.ws:La Tzigane|Alcools : La Tzigane]], Translation [[A. S. Kline]]
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The gypsy knew in advance


Our two lives star-crossed by night
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We said farewell to her and then
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from that deep well Hope began
 
 
Love heavy a performing bear
 
Danced upright when we wanted
 
And the blue bird lost his plumes
 
And the beggars lost their Ave
 
 
We knew quite well that we were damned
 
But hope of love in the street
 
Made us think hand in hand
 
Of what the Gypsy did foresee
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