{"id":14167,"date":"2016-02-21T15:20:34","date_gmt":"2016-02-21T19:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/?p=14167"},"modified":"2016-02-21T15:20:34","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T19:20:34","slug":"michel-deguy-a-feast-at-ecos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/michel-deguy-a-feast-at-ecos\/","title":{"rendered":"Michel Deguy: A Feast at Eco&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14172\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14172\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14172 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Umbert_229946c-e1456081515355.jpg\" alt=\"Umbert_229946c\" width=\"490\" height=\"326\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 490px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 490\/326;\" \/><\/a>La F\u00eate chez Eco<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Umberto, ton idole dans nos m\u00e9moires<br \/>\nd\u2019h\u00f4te faunesque renaissant mallarm\u00e9en<br \/>\nenjouant tes amis sur les pipeaux du soir<br \/>\nnous hanta tout cet \u00e9t\u00e9 m\u00e9nipp\u00e9en<br \/>\nMon esprit trop fran\u00e7ais monoglotte<br \/>\net qu\u2019on dit de l\u2019escalier,<br \/>\nd\u2019\u00e9trange \u00c9tranger, mais pas de Mantin\u00e9e,<br \/>\nqui a perdu l\u2019audace de faire ch\u0153ur au Banquer<br \/>\nSalue avec retard le g\u00e9nie de ton lieu,<br \/>\nl\u2019accord\u00e9on, le feu gr\u00e9geois sur les terrasses<br \/>\nla girandole aux marronniers, o\u00f9 excella<br \/>\nla ch\u00e8re miscellan\u00e9e<br \/>\nEt rend gr\u00e2ce, m\u00eame si pauvre en rimes,<br \/>\n\u00e0 ton art de fondre en une seule bouche<br \/>\nsatire et satyre<br \/>\ntoi qui ne tardas point, comme fit Socrate, sur le seuil<br \/>\nMartine \u00e9jouie veillait dans l\u2019ombre<br \/>\nsa bo\u00eete de Pandore photographe sut te prendre<br \/>\net maintenant bien rendre ta rouge effigie<br \/>\net \u00e0 elle notre amiti\u00e9<br \/>\nnotre reconnaissance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">The Party\u00a0at Eco\u2019s<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Umberto, your idolon in our memories<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">a faunesque host reborn mallarmean<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">enchanting your friends on evening\u2019s pipes<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">haunted us all that menippean summer<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">My all too French monoglot mind<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">said to be escalator wit,<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">of a strange Stranger, but not from Mantineia,<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">which has lost the temerity to choir the Banquet<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Belatedly salutes the genius of your loci,<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">the accordion, the Greek fire on the terrasses<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">the girandoles in the chestnut tree where excelled<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">the dear miscellany<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">And pays tribute, even if poor in rimes,<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">to your art of melting in one mouth<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">satire and satyre<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">you who did not delay, as Socrates did, on the [threshold<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Martine, enjoying, watched from\u00a0the shade<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">her Pandora\u2019s photo-box knew how to catch you<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">and now how to render your red effigy<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">and to it our friendship<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">our gratitude.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Michel Deguy, \u00ab F\u00eate \u00bb, in <em>Le Sens de la visite<\/em>, Stock, 2006, p. 116.<br \/>\nTranslated by Pierre Joris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La F\u00eate chez Eco Umberto, ton idole dans nos m\u00e9moires d\u2019h\u00f4te faunesque renaissant mallarm\u00e9en enjouant tes amis sur les pipeaux du soir nous hanta tout cet \u00e9t\u00e9 m\u00e9nipp\u00e9en Mon esprit trop fran\u00e7ais monoglotte 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