a season in hell: hunger / Arthur Rimbaud

[lonely-hour.livejournal.com]

It is recovered!
What? Eternity.
It is the sea
Mixed with the sun.

My soul eternal,
Redeem your promise,
In spite of the night alone
And the day on fire.

Of human suffrage,
of common aspirings,
You free yourself then!
You fly according to…

Hope never more,
No orietur
Science and patience,
Retribution is sure.

No tomorrows,
Embers of satin
Your ardor is now
Your duty only.

It is recovered!
What? Eternity.
It is the sea
Mixed with the sun.

Comments

[day-on-fire.livejournal.com]

I love Rimbaud, and I love this section of Season in Hell. It's beautiful in the original language, and also in the Spanish language too. Wonderful writing. Really. I do love him. T_T

[lonely-hour.livejournal.com]

me too <3 &I think i see your name sake >:)!!
Of course...the best thing, is to read the poem in the language it was born through. You cannot be closer, almost. I always think about those missing things that cannot be conveyed in translations, and always find myself reading a lot of variation of the same poem- not that i mind...

[day-on-fire.livejournal.com]

It's true! Also, it's from the title of this really great book. It's a fictional book based on the outline of Rimbaud's life. It is so intense and so wonderfully written. If you can find a copy in your library, I highly recommend it. (It's rare so very expensive on Amazon). It really puts a lot of understanding into Rimbaud's poetry, too!

[lonely-hour.livejournal.com]

wow awesome, i very much want to read it! Totally going to check it out. Honestly i'm actually very compelled by Rimbaud's life...expensive eh...once i was browsing this book on amazon which i wanted but then then before anything happened my wallet kind of just wilted when i saw the price of it being sold from $800.....

[day-on-fire.livejournal.com]

He had such an interesting life! I checked out like every biography about him from my library... I tried to steal them too because these books were so unloved, hadn't been checked out in years! Then I got sent a bill for two hundred dollars. Wooops. Ha.

[lonely-hour.livejournal.com]

awww, did you get to keep the books in the end, anyways? O_O;; $200...well, i've paid about that much in a single library fine before. I just try to think of it as philanthropy...
I've been searching around for the day on fire novel- wow, it's indeed very quite the rare one. I can't wait till i buy it anyhow!

Re: Faim

[lonely-hour.livejournal.com]

Yes, i'm glad the beauty can be conveyed across languages.
My version comes in french and english translations, which is great, since i understand some french and now and then, re-arrange the translations for myself :)