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   flo74. (51 months ago | reply)

   Recueillement

   Sois sage, ô ma Douleur, et tiens-toi plus tranquille.
   Tu réclamais le Soir; il descend; le voici:
   Une atmosphère obscure enveloppe la ville,
   Aux uns portant la paix, aux autres le souci.

   Pendant que des mortels la multitude vile,
   Sous le fouet du Plaisir, ce bourreau sans merci,
   Va cueillir des remords dans la fête servile,
   Ma Douleur, donne-moi la main; viens par ici,

   Loin d'eux. Vois se pencher les défuntes Années,
   Sur les balcons du ciel, en robes surannées;
   Surgir du fond des eaux le Regret souriant;

   Le Soleil moribond s'endormir sous une arche,
   Et, comme un long linceul traînant à l'Orient,
   Entends, ma chère, entends la douce Nuit qui marche.

   Charles Baudelaire, Les fleurs du mal

   Meditation

   Be wise, O my Sorrow, be calmer.
   You implored the evening; it falls; here it is:
   A dusky air surrounds the town,
   Bringing peace to some, worry to others.

   Whilst the worthless crowd of humanity,
   Lashed by Pleasure, that merciless torturer,
   Go to gather remorse in slavish rejoicing,
   Give me your hand, my Sorrow; come with me,

   Far from them. See the dead years leaning,
   In worn-out clothing, on the balconies of the skies;
   See how Regret, grinning, rises from the deep waters;

   The dying sun goes to sleep in an archway,
   And, like a long shroud dragging from the East,
   Hear, O my dear one, hear the soft night coming.

   translation from Geoffrey Wagner, Selected Poems of Charles Baudelaire (NY: Grove Press, 1974)

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   kamala_ (51 months ago | reply)

   
   I saw this in the Zero+ Faves group and Faved it.

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   laura.bell (51 months ago | reply)

   Congratulations, Florence ! Your photo is a
   
   Please post it to the pool.

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   Jimbo pht (51 months ago | reply)

   nice light!!
   
   I saw this in the Zero+ Faves group and Faved it.

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   thethi: >1 million vws tks a lot :-) (51 months ago | reply)

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   Yves29 [deleted] (51 months ago | reply)

   magnifique!

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    thethi: >1 million vws tks a lot :-) (50 months ago | reply)

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    thethi: >1 million vws tks a lot :-) (50 months ago | reply)

    
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    Noah Sealth (50 months ago | reply)

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    Louise-1956 [deleted] (50 months ago | reply)

    extrêmement beau a voir et a lire

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    Riccardo Campo (50 months ago | reply)

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    Pat McDonald (50 months ago | reply)

    Wonderful sense of drama ......

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    alfvet (50 months ago | reply)

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