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Source text in French

Ce que je vais raconter de ma première nuit de New York fera sourire les Américains;
aussi bien est-ce dans ce but que je l'écris. Dans un livre du merveilleux Rudyard Kipling,
je me rappelle avoir lu les épouvantes du sauvage Mowgli la première fois qu'il coucha
dans une cabane close: l'impression de sentir un toit au-dessus de sa tête lui devint bientôt
si intolérable, qu'il fut obligé d'aller s'étendre dehors à la belle étoile. Eh bien! J'ai presque
subi cette nuit une petite angoisse analogue, et c'étaient les gratte-ciel, c'étaient les grandes
lettres réclames au-dessus de moi, c'étaient les grands tonneaux rouges montés sur leurs
échasses de fonte; trop de choses en l'air, vraiment, pas assez de calme là-haut. Et puis, ces
six millions d'êtres humains tassés alentour, ce foisonnement de monde, cette superposition à
outrance oppressaient mon sommeil. Oh! Les gratte-ciel, déformés et allongés en rêve! Un en
particulier (celui du trust des caoutchoucs, si je ne m'abuse), un qui surgit là très proche, un
tout en marbre qui doit être d'un poids à faire frémir! Il m'écrasait comme une surcharge, et
parfois quelque hallucination me le montrait incliné et croulant...

C'est dimanche aujourd'hui; le matin se lève dans une brume lourde et moite; il fera une
des chaudes journées de cette saison automnale qu'on appelle ici «l'été indien». Sur New
York pèse la torpeur des dimanches anglais et, dans les avenues, les voitures électriques
ont consenti une trêve d'agitation. Rien à faire, les théâtres chôment et demain seulement je
pourrai commencer à suivre les répétitions du drame qui m'a amené en Amérique. Mais dans
le voisinage, tout près, il y a Central Park, que j'aperçois par ma fenêtre, avec ses arbres déjà
effeuillés; j'irai donc là, chercher un peu d'air et de paix.

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Entry #12736 — Discuss 0
Ivan Fosin
Ivan Fosin
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izmamit će Amerikancima osmijeh na lica
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da je bio prisiljen otići van ispružiti se ispod nebeskog svoda.
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Uglavnom
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veliki crveni bubnjevi
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šest milijuna ljudskih bića zbijenih uokolo
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Jao!
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ledi krv u žilama!
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u ponekom priviđenju učinilo da se naginje i propada...
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mrtvilo
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koji vidim s prozora
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Entry #14252 — Discuss 0
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užasima
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trebao prespavati
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sličan strah usred tih nebodera, tih velikih reklamnih natpisa iznad mene
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Ah, ti izobličeni i izduženi neboderi u mom snu!
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koji se
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nakrivljen i ruševan
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ona
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kao da su zaspala
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tek ću sutra nastaviti s probama za dramski komad
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u kojem je
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u kojem je lišće već opalo sa stabala
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Entry #14312 — Discuss 0
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natjerat će Amerikancima osmijeh na lice
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sjajnog
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E, da!
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Osim toga
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priviđenju
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doimao
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da će se stropoštati
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jako lijep​o
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jutro se nazire kroz tešku i vlažnjikavu maglu
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bit će to jedan od onih toplih jesenskih dana
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spremno prihvaćaju predah od gradske vreve
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odlično, j​ako jako d​obro!
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dramu koja me i dovela u Ameriku
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super, pre​nesen je s​misao
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Entry #14201 — Discuss 0
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a upravo s tom namjerom i pišem
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ispružiti vani pod vedrim nebom
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velikim crvenim bačvama
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previše je toga bilo u zraku, uistinu, gore nije bilo dovoljno mira
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bujanje svijeta,
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preklapanje
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trustu kaučuka
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jedan koji je izbijao posve blizu
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babljim ljetom
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tromost
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uzela su predah
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Entry #14212 — Discuss 0
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briljantnog
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legao
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Ah, neboderi, u snu izobličeni i izduženi!
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koji se izdiže
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poput preteška bremena
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u nekom primirju
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Poći ću tamo potražiti malo zraka i mira
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fali dakle​, ali inac​e super
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Entry #14192 — Discuss 0
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a mučili su me
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+1
Usto
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zbijenih uokolo
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tištali su
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trusta
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onaj koji se pomalja
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Satirao
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Satirao me kao preteško breme
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sviće
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obamrlost
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drame koja me dovela
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ispravno p​revedeno
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posve blizu
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ogoljelim stablima
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poći ću stoga onamo
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Entry #14267 — Discuss 0
Aya G
Aya G
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zvjezdano nebo
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obilje svijeta
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bablje ljeto
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obamrlost
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Entry #14285 — Discuss 0
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izvanrednog
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strahote
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gotovo istu strepnju
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Osim toga
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uokolo zbijenih ljudi
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ova brojna svjetina
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Jao!
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odlično! t​o je smisa​o, taj uzv​ik, krik o​d silnog u​žasa
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koji se izdiže u blizini, koji je cijeli od mramora
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od koje zastaje dah
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načelno je​ dobro, ia​ko dah naj​češće zast​aje kad sm​o oduševlj​eni nečime​ pa bi to ​bilo dobro​ izbjeći o​vdje
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sraviniti sa zemljom
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odlično, j​ako lijepo
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Prema tome
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Entry #14303 — Discuss 0
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divljeg djecaka
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morao izaci i ispruziti se vani pod vedrim nebom.
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E pa
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pretrpio slicnu tjeskobu
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bacvama podignutim na metalnim stupovima
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Zaista, bilo je previse toga u zraku, a premalo tisine tamo gore
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ovo je jak​o lijepo, ​prirodno i​ prohodno
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sve je to narusavalo moj san
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kako su ti neboderi bili izobliceni i nategnuti u mom snu!
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naginje
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jedan od toplijih dana ovog doba jeseni
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Bablje ljeto
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vlada snenost
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