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De nouveau je me sentis glacĂ© par le sentiment de lâirrĂ©parable. Et je compris que je ne supportais pas lâidĂ©e de ne plus jamais entendre ce rire. CâĂ©tait pour moi comme une fontaine dans le dĂ©sert.
Once again I felt myself frozen by the sense of something irreparable. And I knew that I could not bear the thought of never hearing that laughter any more. For me, it was like a spring of fresh water in the desert.
â Petit bonhomme, je veux encore tâentendre rireâŠ
âLittle man,â I said, âI want to hear you laugh again.â
Mais il me dit:
But he said to me:
â Cette nuit, ça fera un an. Mon Ă©toile se trouvera juste au-dessus de lâendroit oĂč je suis tombĂ© lâannĂ©e derniĂšreâŠ
âTonight, it will be a year⊠My star, then, can be found right above the place where I came to the Earth, a year agoâŠâ
â Petit bonhomme, nâest-ce pas que câest un mauvais rĂȘve cette histoire de serpent et de rendez-vous et dâĂ©toileâŠ
âLittle man,â I said, âtell me that it is only a bad dream â this affair of the snake, and the meeting-place, and the starâŠâ
Mais il ne répondit pas à ma question. Il me dit:
But he did not answer my plea.
â Ce qui est important, ça ne se voit pasâŠ
He said to me, instead:
âThe thing that is important is the thing that is not seenâŠâ
â Bien sĂ»râŠ
âYes, I knowâŠâ
â Câest comme pour la fleur. Si tu aimes une fleur qui se trouve dans une Ă©toile, câest doux, la nuit, de regarder le ciel. Toutes les Ă©toiles sont fleuries.
âIt is just as it is with the flower. If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are a-bloom with flowersâŠâ
â Bien sĂ»râŠ
âYes, I knowâŠâ
â Câest comme pour lâeau. Celle que tu mâas donnĂ©e Ă boire Ă©tait comme une musique, Ă cause de la poulie et de la corde⊠tu te rappelles⊠elle Ă©tait bonne.
âIt is just as it is with the water. Because of the pulley, and the rope, what you gave me to drink was like music. You remember â how good it was.â
â Bien sĂ»râŠ
âYes, I knowâŠâ
â Tu regarderas, la nuit, les Ă©toiles. Câest trop petit chez moi pour que je te montre oĂč se trouve la mienne. Câest mieux comme ça. Mon Ă©toile, ça sera pour toi une des Ă©toiles. Alors, toutes les Ă©toiles, tu aimeras les regarder⊠Elles seront toutes tes amies. Et puis je vais te faire un cadeauâŠ
âAnd at night you will look up at the stars. Where I live everything is so small that I cannot show you where my star is to be found. It is better, like that. My star will just be one of the stars, for you. And so you will love to watch all the stars in the heavens⊠they will all be your friends. And, besides, I am going to make you a presentâŠâ
Il rit encore.
He laughed again.
â Ah! petit bonhomme, petit bonhomme jâaime entendre ce rire!
âAh, little prince, dear little prince! I love to hear that laughter!â
â Justement ce sera mon cadeau⊠ce sera comme pour lâeauâŠ
âThat is my present. Just that. It will be as it was when we drank the waterâŠâ
â Que veux-tu dire?
âWhat are you trying to say?â
â Les gens ont des Ă©toiles qui ne sont pas les mĂȘmes. Pour les uns, qui voyagent, les Ă©toiles sont des guides. Pour dâautres elles ne sont rien que de petites lumiĂšres. Pour dâautres qui sont savants elles sont des problĂšmes. Pour mon businessman elles Ă©taient de lâor. Mais toutes ces Ă©toiles-lĂ se taisent. Toi, tu auras des Ă©toiles comme personne nâen aâŠ
âAll men have the stars,â he answered, âbut they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems. For my businessman they were wealth. But all these stars are silent. You â you alone â will have the stars as no one else has them â â
â Que veux-tu dire?
âWhat are you trying to say?â
â Quand tu regarderas le ciel, la nuit, puisque jâhabiterai dans lâune dâelles, puisque je rirai dans lâune dâelles, alors ce sera pour toi comme si riaient toutes les Ă©toiles. Tu auras, toi, des Ă©toiles qui savent rire!
âIn one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night⊠You â only you â will have stars that can laugh!â
Et il rit encore.
And he laughed again.
â Et quand tu seras consolĂ© (on se console toujours) tu seras content de mâavoir connu. Tu seras toujours mon ami. Tu auras envie de rire avec moi. Et tu ouvriras parfois ta fenĂȘtre, comme ça, pour le plaisirâŠ
âAnd when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your window, so, for that pleasureâŠ
Et tes amis seront bien Ă©tonnĂ©s de te voir rire en regardant le ciel. Alors tu leur diras: «Oui, les Ă©toiles, ça me fait toujours rire!» Et ils te croiront fou. Je tâaurai jouĂ© un bien vilain tourâŠ
And your friends will be properly astonished to see you laughing as you look up at the sky! Then you will say to them, âYes, the stars always make me laugh!â And they will think you are crazy. It will be a very shabby trick that I shall have played on youâŠâ
Et il rit encore.
And he laughed again.
â Ce sera comme si je tâavais donnĂ©, au lieu dâĂ©toiles, des tas de petits grelots qui savent rireâŠ
âIt will be as if, in place of the stars, I had given you a great number of little bells that knew how to laughâŠâ
Et il rit encore. Puis il redevint sérieux:
And he laughed again. Then he quickly became serious:
â Cette nuit⊠tu sais⊠ne viens pas.
âTonight â you know⊠Do not come.â
â Je ne te quitterai pas.
âI shall not leave you,â I said.
â Jâaurai lâair dâavoir mal⊠jâaurai un peu lâair de mourir. Câest comme ça. Ne viens pas voir ça, ce nâest pas la peineâŠ
âI shall look as if I were suffering. I shall look a little as if I were dying. It is like that. Do not come to see that. It is not worth the troubleâŠâ
â Je ne te quitterai pas.
âI shall not leave you.â
Mais il était soucieux.
But he was worried.
â Je te dis ça⊠câest Ă cause aussi du serpent. Il ne faut pas quâil te morde⊠Les serpents, câest mĂ©chant. Ăa peut mordre pour le plaisirâŠ
âI tell you â it is also because of the snake. He must not bite you. Snakes â they are malicious creatures. This one might bite you just for funâŠâ
â Je ne te quitterai pas.
âI shall not leave you.â
Mais quelque chose le rassura:
But a thought came to reassure him:
â Câest vrai quâils nâont plus de venin pour la seconde morsureâŠ
âIt is true that they have no more poison for a second bite.â
Cette nuit-lĂ je ne le vis pas se mettre en route. Il sâĂ©tait Ă©vadĂ© sans bruit. Quand je rĂ©ussis Ă le rejoindre il marchait dĂ©cidĂ©, dâun pas rapide. Il me dit seulement:
That night I did not see him set out on his way. He got away from me without making a sound. When I succeeded in catching up with him he was walking along with a quick and resolute step. He said to me merely:
â Ah! tu es lĂ âŠ
âAh! You are thereâŠâ
Et il me prit par la main. Mais il se tourmenta encore:
And he took me by the hand. But he was still worrying.
â Tu as eu tort. Tu auras de la peine. Jâaurai lâair dâĂȘtre mort et ce ne sera pas vraiâŠ
âIt was wrong of you to come. You will suffer. I shall look as if I were dead; and that will not be trueâŠâ
Moi je me taisais.
I said nothing.
â Tu comprends. Câest trop loin. Je ne peux pas emporter ce corps-lĂ . Câest trop lourd.
âYou understand⊠it is too far. I cannot carry this body with me. It is too heavy.â
Moi je me taisais.
I said nothing.
â Mais ce sera comme une vieille Ă©corce abandonnĂ©e. Ce nâest pas triste les vieilles Ă©corcesâŠ
âBut it will be like an old abandoned shell. There is nothing sad about old shellsâŠâ
Moi je me taisais.
I said nothing.
Il se découragea un peu. Mais il fit encore un effort:
He was a little discouraged. But he made one more effort:
â Ce sera gentil, tu sais. Moi aussi je regarderai les Ă©toiles. Toutes les Ă©toiles seront des puits avec une poulie rouillĂ©e. Toutes les Ă©toiles me verseront Ă boireâŠ
âYou know, it will be very nice. I, too, shall look at the stars. All the stars will be wells with a rusty pulley. All the stars will pour out fresh water for me to drinkâŠâ
Moi je me taisais.
I said nothing.
â Ce sera tellement amusant! Tu auras cinq cents millions de grelots, jâaurai cinq cents millions de fontainesâŠ
âThat will be so amusing! You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh waterâŠâ
Et il se tut aussi, parce quâil pleuraitâŠ
And he too said nothing more, because he was cryingâŠ
â Câest lĂ . Laisse-moi faire un pas tout seul.
âHere it is. Let me go on by myself.â

Et il sâassit parce quâil avait peur.
And he sat down, because he was afraid.

Il dit encore:
Then he said, again:
â Tu sais⊠ma fleur⊠jâen suis responsable! Et elle est tellement faible! Et elle est tellement naĂŻve. Elle a quatre Ă©pines de rien du tout pour la protĂ©ger contre le mondeâŠ
âYou know â my flower⊠I am responsible for her. And she is so weak! She is so naĂŻve! She has four thorns, of no use at all, to protect herself against all the worldâŠâ
Moi je mâassis parce que je ne pouvais plus me tenir debout. Il dit:
I too sat down, because I was not able to stand up any longer.
â Voilà ⊠Câest toutâŠ
âThere now â that is allâŠâ
Il hésita encore un peu, puis il se releva. Il fit un pas. Moi je ne pouvais pas bouger.
He still hesitated a little; then he got up. He took one step. I could not move.
Il nây eut rien quâun Ă©clair jaune prĂšs de sa cheville. Il demeura un instant immobile. Il ne cria pas. Il tomba doucement comme tombe un arbre. Ăa ne fit mĂȘme pas de bruit, Ă cause du sable.
There was nothing but a flash of yellow close to his ankle. He remained motionless for an instant. He did not cry out. He fell as gently as a tree falls. There was not even any sound, because of the sand.

CHAPITRE XXVII
XXVII
Et maintenant, bien sĂ»r, ça fait six ans dĂ©jà ⊠Je nâai jamais encore racontĂ© cette histoire. Les camarades qui mâont revu ont Ă©tĂ© bien contents de me revoir vivant. JâĂ©tais triste mais je leur disais: «Câest la fatigueâŠÂ»
And now six years have already gone by⊠I have never yet told this story. The companions who met me on my return were well content to see me alive. I was sad, but I told them: âI am tired.â
Maintenant je me suis un peu consolĂ©. Câest Ă dire⊠pas tout Ă fait. Mais je sais bien quâil est revenu Ă sa planĂšte, car, au lever du jour, je nâai pas retrouvĂ© son corps. Ce nâĂ©tait pas un corps tellement lourd⊠Et jâaime la nuit Ă©couter les Ă©toiles. Câest comme cinq cent millions de grelotsâŠ
Now my sorrow is comforted a little. That is to say â not entirely. But I know that he did go back to his planet, because I did not find his body at daybreak. It was not such a heavy body⊠and at night I love to listen to the stars. It is like five hundred million little bellsâŠ
Mais voilĂ quâil se passe quelque chose dâextraordinaire. La museliĂšre que jâai dessinĂ©e pour le petit prince, jâai oubliĂ© dây ajouter la courroie de cuir! Il nâaura jamais pu lâattacher au mouton. Alors je me demande: «Que sâest-il passĂ© sur sa planĂšte? Peut-ĂȘtre bien que le mouton a mangĂ© la fleurâŠÂ»
But there is one extraordinary thing⊠when I drew the muzzle for the little prince, I forgot to add the leather strap to it. He will never have been able to fasten it on his sheep. So now I keep wondering: what is happening on his planet? Perhaps the sheep has eaten the flowerâŠ
TantĂŽt je me dis: «SĂ»rement non! Le petit prince enferme sa fleur toutes les nuits sous son globe de verre, et il surveille bien son moutonâŠÂ» Alors je suis heureux. Et toutes les Ă©toiles rient doucement.
At one time I say to myself: âSurely not! The little prince shuts his flower under her glass globe every night, and he watches over his sheep very carefullyâŠâ Then I am happy. And there is sweetness in the laughter of all the stars.
TantĂŽt je me dis: «On est distrait une fois ou lâautre, et ça suffit! Il a oubliĂ©, un soir, le globe de verre, ou bien le mouton est sorti sans bruit pendant la nuitâŠÂ» Alors les grelots se changent tous en larmes!âŠ
But at another time I say to myself: âAt some moment or other one is absent-minded, and that is enough! On some one evening he forgot the glass globe, or the sheep got out, without making any noise, in the nightâŠâ And then the little bells are changed to tearsâŠ
Câest lĂ un bien grand mystĂšre. Pour vous qui aimez aussi le petit prince, comme pour moi, rien de lâunivers nâest semblable si quelque part, on ne sait oĂč, un mouton que nous ne connaissons pas a, oui ou non, mangĂ© une roseâŠ
Here, then, is a great mystery. For you who also love the little prince, and for me, nothing in the universe can be the same if somewhere, we do not know where, a sheep that we never saw has â yes or no? â eaten a roseâŠ
Regardez le ciel. Demandez-vous: le mouton oui ou non a-t-il mangĂ© la fleur? Et vous verrez comme tout changeâŠ
Look up at the sky. Ask yourselves: is it yes or no? Has the sheep eaten the flower? And you will see how everything changesâŠ
Et aucune grande personne ne comprendra jamais que ça a tellement dâimportance!
And no grown-up will ever understand that this is a matter of so much importance!
Ăa câest, pour moi, le plus beau et le plus triste paysage du monde. Câest le mĂȘme paysage que celui de la page prĂ©cĂ©dente, mais je lâai dessinĂ© une fois encore pour bien vous le montrer. Câest ici que le petit prince a apparu sur terre, puis disparu.
This is, to me, the loveliest and saddest landscape in the world. It is the same as that on the preceding page, but I have drawn it again to impress it on your memory. It is here that the little prince appeared on Earth, and disappeared.

Regardez attentivement ce paysage afin dâĂȘtre sĂ»rs de le reconnaĂźtre, si vous voyagez un jour en Afrique, dans le dĂ©sert. Et, sâil vous arrive de passer par lĂ , je vous en supplie, ne vous pressez pas, attendez un peu juste sous lâĂ©toile!
Look at it carefully so that you will be sure to recognize it in case you travel some day to the African desert. And, if you should come upon this spot, please do not hurry on. Wait for a time, exactly under the star.
Si alors un enfant vient Ă vous, sâil rit, sâil a des cheveux dâor, sâil ne rĂ©pond pas quand on lâinterroge, vous devinerez bien qui il est. Alors soyez gentils! Ne me laissez pas tellement triste: Ă©crivez-moi vite quâil est revenuâŠ
Then, if a little man appears who laughs, who has golden hair and who refuses to answer questions, you will know who he is. If this should happen, please comfort me. Send me word that he has come back.
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