Translation of the song Mini-ode 13. La callidie artist Hubert Clos Lus
Mini-ode 13. La callidie
Haïku 13. The red long-horned beetle
La callidie
The red long-horned beetle
Sous l'écorce
Under the bark
Petit joaillier
Little jewel- maker
Du rubis
Of rubies
Que je surprends
That I disturb
Dans son atelier
On his workbench
En octobre
In october
Sa pierre rouge, il l'a sertie
He's set his red hewn stone
En mon esprit
Into my mind
Jusqu'au printemps.
Until Spring.