In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies grow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe :
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch ; be yours to hold it high.
If you break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields. |
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Dans les champs de Flandre
Dans les champs de Flandre, les coquelicots fleurissent
entre les rangées de croix
qui marquent notre place ; et dans le ciel,
on perçoit encore le chant des courageuses alouettes,
malgré le rugissement des canons
Nous sommes les sacrifiés. Et pourtant, quelques jours
auparavant nous regardions l’aurore poindre
et le soleil rougir au couchant.Nous aimions et étions aimés,
et maintenant nous gisons dans les champs de Flandre.
Reprenez notre combat contre l’ennemi.
De nos mains qui chancellent, nous vous confions
le flambeau qui sera vôtre et que vous tiendrez haut.
Si vous ne croyez plus en nous qui mourrons
jamais nous ne retrouverons le repos
dans les champs de Flandre, où fleurissent les coquelicots. |
Une exposition éphémère et commémorative a eu lieu du 5 août au 11 novembre 2014, dans l’enceinte de la Tour de Londres. Site officiel: http://poppies.hrp.org.uk/
The major art installation named “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red” consists of 888,246 handmade ceramic poppies, each poppy representing a British fatality during World War I and created by ceramic artist Paul Cummins and stage designer Tom Piper.
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Paul Cummins’ piece comprises 888,246 poppies, each marking the death of a Commonwealth soldier John Stillwell/Getty Images
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Row on row, the poppies flow at the Tower of LondonThe sheer scale has turned out to be a good thing. It’s become a living thing. People are coming to the Tower just to watch other people – all volunteers – plant poppies. It’s an on-going performance,’ says Tom Piperhttp://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03001/poppy2_3001030b.jpg
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Andy Rain/EPA A Chelsea Pensioner walks among poppies in the moat at the Tower of London on Friday. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the first world war, which cost more than 37 million military and civilian casualties between 1914 and 1918. http://blogs.ft.com/photo-diary/2014/08/poppies-at-the-tower/
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Tower of London poppies: The Queen visits memorial to pay tribute to war dead http://www.standard.co.uk/incoming/article9799131.ece/alternates/w620/queen1610b.jpg
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