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Category Archives: Translations
© 2015 Don Yorty. All rights reserved.
© 2015 Don Yorty. All rights reserved.
Élévation par Charles Baudelaire
… … … Elevation Above the marshes, above the valleys the mountains, the woods, the clouds, the sea beyond the sun, beyond the ether beyond the limits of our starry sphere my Spirit you move me agilely like a swimmer … Continue reading
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La Géante (The Giantess) par Charles Baudelaire
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Primavera Amarilla por Juan Ramón Jiménez
… Abril venía, lleno todo de flores amarillas: amarillo el arroyo, amarillo el vallado, la colina, el cementerio de los niños, el huerto aquel, donde el amor vivía. El sol ungía de amarillo el mundo, con sus luces caídas; ¡ay, … Continue reading
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from Poesia en verso (1917 – 20) por Juan Ramón Jiménez, 1
… 1 Alrededor de la copa dél árbol alto, mis sueños están volando. Son palomas, coronados de luces puras que, al volar, derraman música ¡Cómo entran, cómo salen del árbol solo! !Cómo me enredan en oro! … … Around the … Continue reading
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Bénédiction par Charles Baudelaire
… Although considered by many to be the first book of modern poetry, a lot of the poems in Les Fleurs du Mal seem over the top today, and not very modern at all. Take Benediction, the first poem in … Continue reading
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Catullus 13
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Au Lecteur
… La sottise, l’erreur, le péché, la lésine, Occupent nos esprits et travaillent nos corps, Et nous alimentons nos aimables remords, Comme les mendiants nourrissent leur vermine. Nos péchés sont têtus, nos repentirs sont lâches; Nous nous faisons payer grassement … Continue reading
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L’Ennemi par Charles Baudelaire
… Ma jeunesse ne fut qu’un ténébreux orage, Traversé çà et là par de brillants soleils; Le tonnerre et la pluie ont fait un tel ravage, Qu’il reste en mon jardin bien peu de fruits vermeils. Voilà que j’ai touché … Continue reading
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The Story of the Rabbit and the Coyote. Illustrated by Francisco Toledo, Adapted by Gloria and Víctor de la Cruz
… … … … I bought Cuento del Conejo y el Coyote illustrated by the artist Francisco Toledo when I was in Oaxaca in 1999 finishing up my novel. I’d first seen Toledo’s work about twelve years earlier when I … Continue reading
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La Chevelure by Charles Baudelaire
… Hair, we humans love it, its smell, its texture, its sometimes electric thrill, its personality in the lovers we are drawn to, and Charles Baudelaire was no exception. His love poems are superb in this regard. Jeanne Duval was … Continue reading
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The Beacons (Les Phares) by Charles Baudelaire
… Les Phares Rubens, fleuve d’oubli, jardin de la paresse, Oreiller de chair fraîche où l’on ne peut aimer, Mais où la vie afflue et s’agite sans cesse, Comme l’air dans le ciel et la mer dans la mer; Léonard … Continue reading