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Gracieux fils de Pan! Autour de ton front couronné de fleurettes et de baies, tes yeux, des boules précieuses, remuent. Tachées de lies brunes, tes joues se creusent. Tes crocs luisent. Ta poitrine ressemble à une cithare, des tintements circulent dans tes bras blonds. Ton cœur bat dans ce ventre où dort le double sexe. Promène-toi, la nuit en mouvant doucement cette cuisse, cette seconde cuisse et cette jambe de gauche.
Confirmed with Monographie imprimée (Paris), 1886
Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891), "Antique", appears in Les Illuminations [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1892 - 1971), "Antique", 1940 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Les Illuminations, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Antique", op. 18 no. 3 (1939), published 1940 [ high voice and strings ], from Les Illuminations, no. 3
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yan-Jiang Che) , "古人", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , "Antique", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "アンティーク", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "Antiguo", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 71
¡Gentil hijo de Pan! En torno a tu frente coronada de florecillas y de bayas, tus ojos, bolas preciosas, se agitan. Manchadas de heces pardas, tus mejillas se hunden. Relucen tus colmillos. Tu pecho parece una cítara, circulan tintineos por tus brazos rubios. Tu corazón late en ese vientre donde duerme el doble sexo. Paséate, de noche, moviendo suavemente ese muslo, ese segundo muslo y esa pierna izquierda.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2014 by José Miguel Llata, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891), "Antique", appears in Les Illuminations
This text was added to the website: 2014-02-07
Line count: 9
Word count: 68