Sensation (by Arthur Rimbaud)
Arthur Rimbaud
Sensation
[translated from the French by Jethro Bithell]
In summer evenings blue, pricked by the wheat
On rustic paths the thin grass I shall tread,
And feel its freshness underneath my feet,
And, dreaming, let the wind bathe my bare head.
I shall not speak, nor think, but, walking slow
Through Nature, I shall rove with Love my guide,
As gipsies wander, where, they do not know,
Happy as one walks by a woman's side.
[March 1870]
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Posted by Jesus Crisis at 10/20/2008 5:23 AM 
Categories: Poetry,French,1800s,Rimbaud (Arthur)
Tags: Arthur Rimbaud Jethro Bithell French Literature Translation French Poetry
Categories: Poetry,French,1800s,Rimbaud (Arthur)
Tags: Arthur Rimbaud Jethro Bithell French Literature Translation French Poetry
On the blue summer evenings, I shall go down the paths,
Getting pricked by the corn, crushing the short grass:
In a dream I shall feel its coolness on my feet.
I shall let the wind bathe my bare head.
I shall not speak, I shall think about nothing:
But endless love will mount in my soul;
And I shall travel far, very far, like a gipsy,
Through the countryside - as happy as if I were with a woman.
[As translated by Oliver Bernard: Arthur Rimbaud, Collected Poems (1962)]
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Happy 154th Arthur! Love this not read this one before...
Thanks!!
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Thank you, Chris! Especially for being the one to remind me that today is his birthday...
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how lovely this is and i seem to suddenly have FM's "gypsy" going through my head.
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Thanks, mb! I had Santana's "Gypsy Woman" playing in my head a little while ago.
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if i'm hearing FM, and you're hearing santana, does this mean we should combine them into "black magic woman"?
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