| Term | Definition |
| une fièvre | a fever, fervor |
| un élancement | a throbbing |
| pourquoi? | why? (for what?) |
| j'dédie | I dedicate |
| le poème | the poem |
| désir brûlant | burning desire |
| sa recherche | his, or her, search |
| d'après-moi | of according to me, |
| chasser | to chase |
| le taureau | the bull |
| j'étais | I was |
| hier | yesterday |
| le chemin | the road, way |
| tout seul | all alone (mas.) |
| une entreprise | an undertaking, enterprise |
| bien grave | very grave, serious |
| chargée | charged (fem.) |
| ôté d'en bas | taking from underneath, under |
| l'umbrel | the umbrella |
| parental | parental |
| à moi-même | to myself |
| en même temps | at the same time |
| lié | tied |
| la corde | the string |
| moins amarrée | less tied |
| m'a frappée | myself had hit |
| mon coeur | my heart |
| ennuyant | longing |
| des charades | small talks |
| langue héritée | inherited tongue, language |
| sans requête | without request, asking |
| j'ai commencer | I commenced, started |
| à voir | at to see |
| si j'pourrais | If I could |
| tordre | to twist |
| sortir | to come out, leave |
| de bouche | of mouth |
| beaux mots | beautiful words |
| entendre (entendu) attendre (attendu) | to hear, heard |
| mais, asteur (à cette heure) | but at the moment, now |
| comme si | as if |
| sourde et muette | deaf and dumb |
| enlevé | arose |
| un feu allumé | a lit fire |
| d'être éteint (étiendu) | of being able to be put out |
| il faut que j'cherche | it is necessary for me to search |
| à m'aider | to help me |
| bonne brise | good breeze |
| comme cette-là | like that one there |
| du soir | of the night |
| qui rafraîchisse | that which refreshes |
| d'elle | of her |
| on dans grâce | we, they, he, she, give grace, thanks |
| ah bien | oh well |
| j'ai trouvé | I have found |
| l'utile | the tool |
| amoindrir | to lower, lessen |
| commence à jongler | commence, start at to think, ponder |
| j'm'ai dis | I told myself |
| les causeries | the chit chats |
| du passées | of the past |
| enfermées en esprit | locked up in mind, spirit |
| en esprit | in mind, spirit |
| pas perdu | not lost |
| les paroles | the words |
| usées les autrefois | used in times gone by |
| venez | you come |
| j'les appelle | I call them |
| un tit peu | a little bit |
| à la fois | at a time |
| d'esprit au langue | from the spirit to the tongue |
| décourages-toi pas | do not discourage thyself |
| essayes | thou try |
| encore | again, once more |
| à les émettre | for to sound them out |
| la tête | the head |
| l'sable | the sand |
| la vieille authruce | the old ostrich |
| tes courseurs | your chasers |
| vont pas t'attraper | they will not catch you (thou) |
| après te tourmenter | tormenting you |
| va éclabousser | will shatter |
| envoyant | sending |
| les mots | the words |
| avant d'en bouche | before of in mouth |
| l'éclat | the kindle |
| au braises | with embers |
| attise un feu | fuels, stirs-up, a fire |
| tomberont | they will fall |
| peut-être | maybe |
| au premier | at the beginning, start |
| tissées | interlaced (pl. fem.) |
| talheure éclairsi | in a while cleared up |
| arrêtes donc pas | thou, please do not stop |
| quand même | however, nevertheless, yet |
| y vont | they will |
| soutenir | to sustain |
| entretenir | to maintain |
| le progrès | the progress |
| une réusite | a success |
| aperçu sera | realized will be |
| mon objectif | my objective, goal |
| et lissés | and polished |
| les efforts | the efforts |
| aussi basissés | also lowered |
| le mercure | the mercury |
| toujours | always |
| quotidienne | daily |
| prêts | ready |
| se lever | to arise itself |
| jamais aller | never to go |
| au bas | at the bottom |
| assez en vie | so much alive |
| sa flamme | his or her flame |
| jamais s'éteindre | never itself to snuff out |
| plus en plus | more and more |
| jusqu'a bien | until well |
| courrament | fluent, fluently |
| un jour à venir | a day to come, future day |
| les voisins | the neighbors |
| diront | they will say |
| son but | his, her goal |
| pas gaspillés | not wasted |
| joyeux et satisfait | joyful and satisfied |
| un éperon | a spur |
| pour encourager | to encourage |
| çula | that one (mas.) |
| lâches pas ça | thou do not let go that |
| quoi qu'est | that which is |
| retrouvé | rediscovered |
| en valoir la peine | worth the painstaking effort |
| sans aucune doute | without any doubt |
| on l'suppose | we, people, they take for granted, suppose |
| parles donc | thou please speak |
| en usant | in using |
| le devoir hérité | the inherited obligation |
| tristement | sadly |
| pour un élan | for a moment, while |
| été suspendu | was suspended, put aside |
| pu asteur (à cette heure) | no more at this time |
| guardez donc voir | please you look |
| en renaissance | in rebirth |
| ô si complète | oh so complete |
| merci | thank you |
| aujourd'hui joyeux | today joyful |
| qui soutient | that which sustains |