by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867)
Pour l'enfant See original
Language: French (Français)
Pour l'enfant, amoureux de cartes et d'estampes,
L'univers est égal à son vaste appétit.
Ah ! que le monde est grand à la clarté des lampes !
Aux yeux du souvenir que le monde est petit !
...
Composition:
- Set to music by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Pour l'enfant", 1990, stanza 1 [ medium voice and piano ], from La Mort, no. 7
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), no title, appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 6. La Mort, in 126. Le Voyage, no. 1, Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, first published 1861
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Goll) , no title
- GER German (Deutsch) (Stefan George) , no title, appears in Die Blumen des Bösen, in Der Tod, in Die Reise, no. 1
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva) , no title
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