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“Oui, elle sourit tout le temps!”

“Oui, elle sourit tout le temps!”

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RY Deshpande

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“Oui, elle sourit tout le temps!”

She is purity born in gold-red of the flame,

A smile dew-fresh in the garden of childhood;

Radiating innocence of opening time,

La petite fille in her skating wonder and joy;

Oh a little poem of sweetness and delight,

Subject and object joined with the surer verb;

Rhythm sways in spontaneity of happiness,

And peacock dances in the proud purple of her name.

25 January 2025

The featured image is of little Marlène, granddaughter of my friend in Canada. I am thankful to her mother for permitting the publication of the little one’s photo on this webpage.

8 responses to ““Oui, elle sourit tout le temps!””

  1. Rima Ghosh Avatar
    Rima Ghosh

    This is a beautifully tender and lyrical piece, capturing the pure joy and innocence of a child with delicate imagery and musicality. The golden-red flame, dew-fresh smile, and the peacock’s proud purple evoke a world brimming with wonder. The seamless blending of subject and object, the rhythm of spontaneity, and the effortless grace of childhood make this poem a true delight. It reads like a dance—graceful, radiant, and full of warmth. Simply lovely!

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  2. RY Deshpande Avatar
    RY Deshpande

    Marlene is a German feminine given name. It is derived from Maria combined with Magdalene. It was popularized by actress and singer Marlene Dietrich. It also came into wider use in the 1940s due to the popular song Lili Marlene. The traditional German pronunciation is mar-LAY-nuh. The North American English pronunciation of the name is mar-LEEN. Phonetic variants include Marlena and Marleen. Usage

    Marlene has been a well-used name throughout the Western world. In the United States, it was among the top 100 names for newborn girls between 1931 and 1942, was among the top 200 names between 1943 and 1959, and among the top 1,000 names between 1960 and 2012. It was a top 1,000 name for girls in France between 1933 and 2002. It ranked among the top 100 names given to girls in Austria between 1984 and 2021 and was a top 100 name for newborn girls in Germany between 2017 and 2022. It ranked among the top 1,000 names for girls in Brazil between 1930 and 2000.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlene_(given_name)

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  3. Fiamma Avatar
    Fiamma

    Dear Deshpande,

    what a lovely surprise and coincidence! The poem has a date: 25 January, my birthday.

    And maybe it is not by chance that my name is Fiamma, Flame.

    I read it as a hymn to the purest and innest part of me, the eternal smiling child… and a reminder not to forget what I really am.

    Thank you so much for this delightful poem!

    Fiamma

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    1. RY Deshpande Avatar
      RY Deshpande

      Bonne Fête, though late. The Mother says Purity and Sincerity are the same, and the thing that takes one closer to the Divine. Our aspiration is for that.

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  4. justynjedraszewski Avatar
    justynjedraszewski

    Dear Sir 🙏

    ln ancient wisdom tradition it was supposedly believed that to be born is actually the death of God (compare SA “birth that is death”) and leaving body/world is a real birth to better Life. As consequence all the troubles of the passage between these two, birth and death, are nothing else then purification and preparation for immorality which invisibly resides in the Divine temple of spiritual heart waiting for disclosure.

    Already Montaigne in 16 c. complained that school destroys the Divine innocence of children by closing them in prisons of adult life.

    Smile than is a passport opening that limited life span and closed space called Human existence.

    lt must be something far more serious because this Divine state of childhood is the essence of God’s Kingdom, as Sri Aurobindo’s aphorism confirms: “an eternal child playing an eternal game in an eternal garden” responding to the question “what is God after all ?”

    Divine Grace be with You always 🙏

    Justyn

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  5. RY Deshpande Avatar
    RY Deshpande

    Bob Zwicker:

    Good poem. What a pure and joyful young lass.

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  6. Soham Karandikar Avatar
    Soham Karandikar

    Another interesting poem describing feelings of joy and happiness.

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  7. Soham Karandikar Avatar
    Soham Karandikar

    Another interesting poetic representation of joy and happiness.

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