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by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891)

Bottom
Language: French (Français) 
La réalité étant trop épineuse pour mon
grand caractère, - je me trouvai néanmoins chez Madame,
en gros oiseau gris bleu s'essorant vers les moulures du plafond et
traînant l'aile dans les ombres de la soirée.

Je fus, au pied du baldaquin supportant ses bijoux adorés
et ses chefs-d'oeuvre physiques, un gros ours aux gencives violettes
et au poil chenu de chagrin, les yeux aux cristaux et aux argents des
consoles.

Tout se fit ombre et aquarium ardent. Au matin, - aube de juin
batailleuse, - je courus aux champs, âne, claironnant et
brandissant mon grief, jusqu'à ce que les Sabines de la
banlieue vinrent se jeter à mon poitrail.

Text Authorship:

  • by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891), appears in Les Illuminations [author's text not yet checked 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), "Bottom", 1940, from Les Illuminations, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 107

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