My Translation Eternity It is found. What? — Eternity. It is the sea gone Into the sun. Soul sentry, Whisper the code Of night so empty And day of fire. With human favor, From common urges You free yourself And fly away. Seeing you alone, …
Read MoreArthur Rimbaud’s “Dream in Winter”
My Translation Dream in Winter In winter, we will go in a little pink wagon With cushions of blue. We’ll be well. A nest of mad kisses Will rest in every fluffy corner. You’ll close your eyes, so as not to see, through the glass, …
Read MoreRimbaud’s “Song of the Highest Tower”
This is one of Rimbaud‘s later poems (he stopped creative writing at just 19) and perhaps reflects some sense of revulsion at the decadent and wild life he experienced in the previous few years. My Translation Song of the Highest Tower Idle youth Slave to …
Read MoreOne of Rimbaud’s masterpieces, “The Drunken Boat”
“The Drunken Boat” is one of Arthur Rimbaud’s masterpieces and, indeed, one of the masterpieces of French literature. Rimbaud wrote all his best poetry in just four years, between the ages of 15 and 19, and yet is considered by many to be the greatest …
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