Antiguo | Gentil hijo de Pan! En torno a tu frente coronada

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by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891)

Translation © by José Miguel Llata

Antique

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CHI ENG JPN SPA

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
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang 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

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 71

Antiguo

Language: Spanish (Español) after the French (Français)

¡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
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This text was added to the website: 2014-02-07
Line count: 9
Word count: 68