Translation of "Sapling" in French

Sprouting to sapling

germant en une jeune pousse

Thither I drew, and strove with eager hold / a green-leaved sapling from the soil to tear, / to shade with boughs the altars, when behold / a portent, weird to see and wondrous to unfold!

Mes mains les destinaient aux autels de mes dieux, / lorsqu'un soudain prodige est offert à mes yeux.

Once more / a limber sapling from the soil I tore; / once more, persisting, I resolved in mind / with inmost search the causes to explore / and probe the mystery that lurked behind; / dark drops of blood once more come trickling from the rind.

Mais ma main téméraire / du prodige effrayant veut sonder le mystère ; / je tente d'arracher un second arbrisseau : / un nouveau sang jaillit d'un arbuste nouveau.