古人 | 牧神優雅之子！/ 在你的前額圍繞著小花和莓果

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by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891)

Translation © by Yen-Chiang Che

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

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

古人

Language: Chinese (中文) after the French (Français)

牧神優雅之子！
在你的前額圍繞著小花和莓果
你的雙眼──珍貴的球──移動著
染上棕色的渣滓後　你的臉頰變得空洞
你的牙齒閃閃發亮
你的胸膛就像一把奇塔拉琴
叮鈴的聲響圍繞在你的金色膀臂上
你的心在肚腹間跳動
在那裏　兩倍大的性器官沈睡著
你在晚上　徐緩地漫步前進
這隻後大腿，第二隻後大腿，左前腳

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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: 2009-06-11
Line count: 11
Word count: 14