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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

A Dream for Winter....


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:

Pierre BOYER said...

Marvelous...

Pierre

RNSANE said...

Beautiful poetry and the picture is lovely as well.

alaine@éclectique said...

Pierre...isn't it just! I've just found Rimbaud and I'm loving his work! Many thanks for your visit!

alaine@éclectique said...

RNSANE...Carmen, I love it; so naughty and I was happy to find the pic to go with it.

Jane and Lance Hattatt said...

Hello Lainie:
Absolutely delightful and utterly enchanting. We love both Rimbaud's work and the way in which you have presented it.

steven said...

alaine i really enjoyed this escape. the writing and the image kiss in the corner of my imagining. steven

alaine@éclectique said...

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.

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lvroftiques said...

Just lovely! And how I wish I could travel like that. Vanna

alaine@éclectique said...

Steven...I'm enjoying the writing you're doing; putting yourself in the picture.

alaine@éclectique said...

lvroftiques....Vanna, haha, a luxury cabin with a little tête-à-tête, hmmm?

Maison de lin said...

Hello,

Its just fabulous, i love rimbaud. He was born in my region (Ardennes)

Have a good day.
Jérôme

alaine@éclectique said...

Jérôme...I'm glad to have found his story and works.

Have a happy weekend.

Julie@beingRUBY said...

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

alaine@éclectique said...

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!