- Rating:
- R
- House:
- Schnoogle
- Characters:
- Tom Riddle
- Genres:
- General
- Era:
- Multiple Eras
- Spoilers:
- Chamber of Secrets
- Stats:
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Published: 10/10/2001Updated: 10/10/2001Words: 3,373Chapters: 2Hits: 1,329
Les Violons de l'Automne
Amanda
- Story Summary:
- In the first chapter, you'll meet a young Tom Marvolo Riddle, fresh from the Cheapside Home for Unwanted children, and hungry to make his mark on the world. Then, there's Rebecca Greenburn, dreamer and realist in one, thrilled to be entering the world of magic, although she suffers two stigmas; she's Jewish and Muggle-born.
Prologue
- Posted:
- 10/10/2001
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- Author's Note:
- I know the basic idea has been done before, but I've tried to keep Les Violons as original as possible.
Chanson d'Automne -- Paul Verlaine
Les sanglots longs
Des violons
De l'automne
Blessent mon coeur
D'une langueur
Monotone.
Tout suffocant
Et blême, quand
Sonne l'heure,
Je me souviens
Des jours anciens
Et je pleure
Et je m'en vais
Au vent mauvais
Qui m'emporte
Deçà, delà,
Pareil à la
Feuille morte.
*
The long sobs
Of the violins
Of autumn
Wound my heart
With a monotonous
Languor.
Everything astonishing
And pale, when
The hour strikes,
I remember
Ancient days
And I cry.
And I go from there,
To the unpleasant wind,
That brings me
Here and there
Like a dead leaf.
*
"Yit gadal v'yit-kadash sh'mey raba."
Like many things, it began with a birth.
"B'alma di v'ra hirutey, v'yam-lih mal-hutey."
Like many things, it began with a death.
"B'ha-yey-hon, u'v'yomey-hon..."
Perhaps it would end. Perhaps it would continue, indefinitely. Perhaps it would draw to a close in some place far away, content in its accomplishment. Perhaps there would be happiness, or perhaps heartache.
"U-v'ha-yey d'hol beyt Yisrael..."
Perhaps.
"Ba-agala u-vizman kariv, v'imru, amen."
But the point is -- it began.