Monday, February 23, 2009

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L'Aube spirituelle

Quand chez les débauchés l'aube blanche et vermeille
Entre en société de l'Idéal rongeur,
Par l'opération d'un mystère vengeur
Dans la brute assoupie un ange se réveille.

— Charles Baudelaire
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  1. chris kellerFebruary 23, 2009 at 9:24 PM

    Spiritual Dawn

    When debauchees are roused by the white, rosy dawn,
    Escorted by the Ideal which gnaws at their hearts
    Through the action of a mysterious, vengeful law,
    In the somnolent brute an Angel awakens.

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

    all from: http://fleursdumal.org/

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