Pétrichor
Sang des pierres répandu dans l’atmosphère
Parfum de l’outrage que l’eau fait à la terre
Qui étreint les corps et les méandres de la chair
Souffle qui contient tout l’univers
Roches, feuilles, forêts
Fleurs épuisées et planètes oubliées
Soleil et carbone, enracinés
S’évaporent en brume légère.
Pétrichor — éther sédimentaire
Par lequel nous faisons corps avec la Terre.
Petrichor
Blood from the stones spilled in atmosphere
Scent from the assaults of water on the soil
That embraces bodies and the meanders of the flesh
Breath that contains the universe in whole
Rocks, leaves, forests
Exhausted flowers and forgotten planets
Sun and carbon, rooted
Evaporate in gentle mist.
Petrichor — sedimentary ether
By which we, become one with the Earth.
Clara Muller is a French art historian, writer, and curator, holding degrees in Literature, Art History and Museum Studies from Université Paris Diderot Paris 7, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, New York University and Columbia University.
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