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by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867)

Parfum exotique
 (Sung text for setting by G. Charpentier)
 Matches original text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG HUN
Quand, les deux yeux fermés, en un soir chaud d'automne, 
Je respire l'odeur de ton sein chaleureux, 
Je vois se dérouler des rivages heureux 
Qu'éblouissent les feux d'un soleil monotone :

Une île paresseuse où la nature donne 
Des arbres singuliers et des fruits savoureux ;
Des hommes dont le corps est mince et vigoureux, 
Et des femmes dont l'œil par sa franchise étonne. 

Guidé par ton odeur vers de charmants climats, 
Je vois un port rempli de voiles et de mâts 
Encor tout fatigués par la vague marine, 

Pendant que le parfum des verts tamariniers, 
Qui circule dans l'air et m'enfle la narine, 
Se mêle dans mon âme au chant des mariniers.

Composition:

    Set to music by Gustave Charpentier (1860 - 1956), "Parfum exotique", 1893, published 1894 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Poèmes chantés, no. 3, Éd. H. Tellier

Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Parfum exotique", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 1. Spleen et Idéal, no. 22, Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, first published 1857

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

  • CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Haasz) , "Cizokrajná vůně"
  • ENG English (Emily Wyatt) , "Exotic perfume", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Cyril Meir Scott) , "Exotic Perfume", appears in The Flowers of Evil, London, Elkin Mathews, first published 1909
  • HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , "Varázsos illat", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Árpád Tóth) , "Exotikus illat"


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 111

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