王権 | ある晴れた朝、とても優しい民の前で、

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by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891)

Translation © by Naoyuki Okada

Royauté

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CHI ENG ENG JPN SPA

Un beau matin, chez un peuple fort doux,  un  homme
et  une  femme  superbes   criaient  sur  la  place
publique:  "Mes amis,  je veux qu'elle soit reine!"
"Je veux être reine!"  Elle riait et tremblait.  Il
parlait aux amis de révélation, d'épreuve terminée.
Ils se pâmaient l'un contre l'autre.

En effet ils furent  rois toute  une matinée où les
tentures carminées se  relevèrent sur les  maisons,
et  toute l'après-midi, où ils s'avancèrent du côté
des jardins de palmes.

Text Authorship:

by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891), "Royauté", 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 (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Royauté", op. 18 no. 4 (1939), published 1940 [ high voice and strings ], from Les Illuminations, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "皇位", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , "Royalty", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Royalty", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "王権", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "Realeza", 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.
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王権

Language: Japanese (日本語) after the French (Français)

ある晴れた朝、とても優しい民の前で、
ある身なりの良い男と女が公共の広場で叫んでいた。
「友よ、私はこの女を王妃としたいのだ!」
「私は王妃になりたいの!」女は笑い震えていた。
男は友人たちに啓示と、終わった試練について話した。
二人は互いに重なり合うようにして気絶した。

実際、二人は真紅の垂れ幕が家の上に立てられていた午前中は
ずっと王と王妃であり、またヤシの庭の方へと
向かっていった午後の間中も、
ずっと王と王妃であった。

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a text in French (Français) by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891), "Royauté", appears in Les Illuminations
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This text was added to the website: 2025-04-24
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