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L'Homme et la mer
Homme libre, toujours tu chériras la mer!La mer est ton miroir; tucontemples ton âmeDans le déroulement infini de sa lame,Et tonesprit n'est pas un gouffre moins amer.
u te plais plonger au sein de ton image;u l'embrasses des "eu# etdes bras, et ton coeur$e distrait %uel%uefois de sa propre rumeur&u bruit de cette plainte indomptable et sauage.
(ous )tes tous les deu# ténébreu# et discrets*Homme, nul n'a sondé lefond de tes ab+mes; mer, nul ne conna+t tes richesses intimes,ant
ous )tes jalou# de garder os secrets!Et cependant oil des si-cles innombrablesue ous ous combatte/sans pitié ni remords,ellement ous aime/ le carnage et la mort,lutteurs éternels, 0 fr-res implacables!
1 Charles Baudelaire
Man and the Sea
2ree man, "ou 3ill al3a"s cherish the sea! he sea is "our mirror; "oucontemplate "our soul 4n the infinite unrolling of its billo3s; 5ourmind is an ab"ss that is no less bitter.
5ou li6e to plunge into the bosom of "our image; 5ou embrace it 3ithe"es and arms, and "our heart 4s distracted at times from its o3nclamoring 7" the sound of this plaint, 3ild and untamable.
7oth of "ou are gloom" and reticent*8an, no one has sounded thedepths of "our being;9 $ea, no person 6no3s "our most hiddenriches,$o /ealousl" do "ou 6eep "our secrets!
5et for countless ages "ou hae fought each other:ithout pit",
3ithout remorse,$o fiercel" do "ou loe carnage and death,9 eternalfighters, implacable brothers!
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1 :illiam &ggeler, The Flowers of Evil 2resno, <&* &cadem"Librar" =uild, >?@AB
Man and the Sea
2ree man, "ou'll al3a"s loe the sea 1 for this, hat it's a mirror, 3here "ou see "our soul 4n its eternal 3aes that chafe and roll; Cor is "our soul less bitter an ab"ss.
in "our reflected image there to merge, 5ou loe to die, its e"es andlimbs to match. $ometimes "our heart forgets its o3n, to catch herh"thm of that 3ild and tameless dirge.
he t3o of "ou are shado3", deep, and 3ide. 8an! Cone has eerplummeted "our floor 1 $ea! Cone has eer 6no3n 3hat 3ealth "oustore 1 7oth are so jealous of the things "ou hide!
5et age on age is ended, or begins,:hile "ou 3ithout remorse or pit"fight.$o much in death and carnage "ou delight,Eternal 3restlers!nrelenting t3ins!
1 o" <ampbell, Poems of Baudelaire Ce3 5or6* Fantheon 7oo6s,>?@GB
Man and the Sea
2ree man, "ou shall foreer cherish the ast sea,he sea, that image
3here "ou contemplate "our soul&s eerlastingl" its might" 3aesunroll.5our mind a "a3ning gulf seasoned as bitterl".
5ou loe to plunge into "our image to the core,Embracing it 3ith e"esand arms; "our er" heart$ometimes finds a distraction from itsurgent smart 4n the 3ild sea's untamable and plaintie roar.
7oth of "ou lie in dar6ness and in m"ster"*8an, 3ho has eer
plumbed the far depths of "our being9 $ea, 3ho 6no3s "our priate
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hidden riches, seeingHo3 strange the secrets "ou presere so jealousl"
&nd "et for countless ages "ou hae fought each other :ith handsunsparing and 3ith unforbearing breath, Each an eternal foe to hisrelentless brother, $o aid are "ou both of slaughter and of death.
1 Iac%ues Le<lerc%, Flowers of Evil 8t (ernon, C5* Feter FauperFress, >?@JB
L'Homme et la mer
loe 9cean al3a"s, 8an* "e both are free!the $ea, th" mirror* thoucanst find th" soulin the unfurling billo3s' surging roll,the" mind'sab"ss is bitter as the sea.
thou doest rejoice th" mirrored face to pierce, plunging, and clasp 3ith e"es and arms; th" heartat its o3n mutter oft forgets to start,lulled b" that plaint indomitabl" fierce.
discreet "e both are; both are taciturn*8an, none has measured allth" dar6 ab"ss,none, $ea, 6no3s 3here th" hoarded treasure is, so jealousl" "our secrets "e inurn!
and "et for countless ages, trucelessl",1 o ruthless 3arriors! 1 "ehae fought and strien*brothers b" lust for death and carnage drien,t3in 3restlers, gripped for all eternit"!
1 Le3is Fiaget $han6s, Flowers of Evil Ce3 5or6* 4es :ashburn,>?K>B
