what lasts

english translation

What Lasts

original French poem

Quatrain

Adapted from “Miscellaneous Poems”
with lines from “Le Testament”

“Quatrain”
Je suis Françoys dont il me poise,
Né de Paris emprès Pontoise
Et de la corde d'une toise
Sçaura mon col que mon cul poise.

Line 2 of “Le Lais” in “Le Testament”:
Je, Françoys Villon escollier,

See also:  “Le Testament,” ll. 48, 9-32, 721-8, and, in “The Legacy,” line 92 and
ll. 186-8.