In the winter, we shall travel in a little pink railway carriage
With blue cushions.
We shall be comfortable. A nest of mad kisses lies in wait
In each soft corner.
You will close your eyes, so as not to see, through the glass,
The evening shadows pulling faces.
Those snarling monsters, a population
Of black devils and black wolves.
Then you'll feel your cheek scratched...
A little kiss, like a crazy spider,
Will run round your neck...
And you'll say to me: "Find it!" bending your head
- And we'll take a long time to find that creature
- Which travels a lot...
Arthur Rimbaud
In a railway carriage, October 7th 1870
As translated by Oliver Bernard:
Arthur Rimbaud, Collected Poems (1962)
15 comments:
Marvelous...
Pierre
Beautiful poetry and the picture is lovely as well.
Pierre...isn't it just! I've just found Rimbaud and I'm loving his work! Many thanks for your visit!
RNSANE...Carmen, I love it; so naughty and I was happy to find the pic to go with it.
Hello Lainie:
Absolutely delightful and utterly enchanting. We love both Rimbaud's work and the way in which you have presented it.
alaine i really enjoyed this escape. the writing and the image kiss in the corner of my imagining. steven
Jane and Lance...I enjoyed reading his short bio but it saddened me that he gave up writing at such an early age and died not long afterwards.
Just lovely! And how I wish I could travel like that. Vanna
Steven...I'm enjoying the writing you're doing; putting yourself in the picture.
lvroftiques....Vanna, haha, a luxury cabin with a little tête-à-tête, hmmm?
Hello,
Its just fabulous, i love rimbaud. He was born in my region (Ardennes)
Have a good day.
Jérôme
Jérôme...I'm glad to have found his story and works.
Have a happy weekend.
Hi dear Alaine
How beautiful.. the imagery and image.. a perfect coziness.. reminds me of some distant memory.. perhaps the warm timber of my grandparents furniture...
Hope you have a lovely weekend.. apologies for my tardiness and absence.. my internet is a pain!! ciao xxx Julie
Julie...it's nice to see your smiling face!
Have a lovely weekend yourself...we'll be packing for Tassie on Monday...only for a few days, so not much to pack! It won't be that much colder in Launceston, I hope!
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