Monday, February 23, 2009

L'Aube spirituelle 4
























Le soleil a noirci la flamme des bougies;
Ainsi, toujours vainqueur, ton fantôme est pareil,
Ame resplendissante, à l'immortel soleil!

— Charles Baudelaire

1 comment:

  1. The sunlight has darkened the flame of the candles;
    Thus, ever triumphant, resplendent soul!
    Your phantom is like the immortal sun!

    english translation (— William Aggeler, The Flowers of Evil (Fresno, CA: Academy Library Guild, 1954)

    all from: http://fleursdumal.org/

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