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flower of evil 波德莱尔 598Words 2018-03-20
Mother of my memories, lover of lovers, You have won all my joy!All respect! Remember the sweet tenderness of those caresses, That fireside comfort, those evening charms, Mother of my memories, lover of lovers! Evenings lit by blazing coals, Evening on the balcony covered with rosy mist, How warm your breasts are!How tender your heart is! We used to have conversations that never faded, Evenings lit by raging coals. How beautiful the sunset is on a warm evening! How deep is the universe!How strong is love! Dearest queen, when I bend over you, I seem to smell the fragrance of your blood.

How beautiful the sunset is on a warm evening! The night draws a thick curtain like a wall, My eyes spy on your pupils in the dark, I drink your breath, oh luscious, oh poisonous Your feet dream in my loving hands. The night draws a thick curtain like a wall. I call back that blissful day, To bury my head in your lap and relive my past. For where is thy languid beauty to be found, Except your heart and your lovely body? I call back that blessed day. Those endless kisses, those vows, their fragrances, Will rise from the unfathomable abyss, Like the sun after bathing from the depths of the sea,①

To regain its youth, and rise again into the air? —O endless kisses!O oath!O fragrance! Translated by Qian Chunqi * This poem was directly published in the first edition, and it is the most beautiful poem in praise of women.The fifth line of each stanza repeats the first line.A format that poets are best at, the women in the poems are Jeanne Duval.The poet and her fell out for a while and separated. He pretended to write this poem to remember the old feelings, and at the same time, combined with the present, he expressed his hope for the future. ① Goethe's ballad "Fisherman": "Don't you see that the sun and the moon love to dip into the sea? Aren't their faces even more beautiful after they come out of the bath?"

Selected from People's Literature Publishing House (1991)
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