Mallarmé is the author. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/mallarme.htm Here's the entire poem: http://mallarme.free.fr/Mallarme/Eventails.html I haven't had much luck finding a decent translation and it's beyond my ability to attempt it myself.

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Well, this is very difficult to translate accurately... This is a part of "Éventails" by french poet Stéphane Mallarmé, written for his muse Misia Sert. Aile que du papier reploie - "Wing that is folded by paper" Bats toute si t'initia - "Wins over everything if introduced you" Naguère a I'orage et la joie - "Once to the thunderstorm and to the joy" De son piano Misia - "Of her piano Misia" Once again, this is poetry, so I can't even be sure about the whole meaning behind this. I would finally explain it like this : Wing that is folded by paper wins over everything if Misia once introduced you to the thunderstorm and to the joy of her piano. *Misia Sert was a famous pianist