Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Le Poète est semblable au prince des nuées
Qui hante la tempête et se rit de l'archer ;
Exilé sur le sol au milieu des huées,
Ses ailes de géant l'empêchent de marcher.
glitter by Chamki at 7:12 PM

3 comments:

  1. kimmerker6:08 AM, February 15, 2006

    i needed a translation of your poem so i used babelfish, that online translator thingy. i have a feeling Your version is different.
    "The Poet is similar to the prince of the clouds Who haunts the storm and laughs himself at the archer; Exiled on the ground in the medium of the hootings, Its wings of giant prevent it from going."
    what do you think?

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  2. ace11:30 PM, February 16, 2006

    pretty much literaly.. but you don't get the rimes and the poesie behind.

    Really liked your blogs, thanks for dropping by.. ;)

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  3. Chamki8:35 AM, February 17, 2006

    well,
    this is the last stanza from the peom L'albatros, by Charles Baudelaire, we did in class.
    i have some basic idea,
    since my french teacher is very lazy. no mention of the archer she made..
    the prince of the clouds
    here is the albatros..
    the rest is as you said.

    The Poet is like the prince of the clouds
    who haunts the storm and laughs at
    archer (not sure about the archer, this word is not listed in my dictionary)
    exiled on land(here she mentions no hooting,and no translation for milieu as well) by crowds of people,
    Their giant wings prevent them from walking.
    The whole idea being that they rule the sky and are ridiculed on land.

    And as Ace says, this is a very literal translation.

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