



Enfance I – Les illuminations – Arthur Rimbaud – 1886 – with translations from French into ๐ฌ๐ง English and ๐ฎ๐น Italian by Enzo Martinelli
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๐ซ๐ท – Enfance I, de Arthur Rimbaud
Cette idole, yeux noirs et crin jaune, sans parents ni cour, plus noble que la fable, mexicaine et flamande; son domaine, azur et verdure insolents, court sur des plages nommรฉes, par des vagues sans vaisseaux, de noms fรฉrocement grecs, slaves, celtiques.
A la lisiรจre de la forรชt, โ les fleurs de rรชve tintent, รฉclatent, รฉclairent, โ la fille ร lรจvre d'orange, les genoux croisรฉs dans le clair dรฉluge qui sourd des prรฉs, nuditรฉ qu'ombrent, traversent et habillent les arcs-en-ciel, la flore, la mer.
Dames qui tournoient sur les terrasses voisines de la mer; enfantes et gรฉantes, superbes noires dans la mousse vert-de-gris, bijoux debout sur le sol gras des bosquets et des jardinets dรฉgelรฉs, โ jeunes mรจres et grandes soeurs aux regards pleins de pรจlerinages, sultanes, princesses de dรฉmarche et de costumes tyranniques, petites รฉtrangรจres et personnes doucement malheureuses.
Quel ennui, l'heure du "cher corps" et "cher coeur"!


๐ฌ๐ง – Childhood I, by Arthur Rimbaud
This idol, black eyes and yellow horsehair, without parents or court, nobler than the fable, Mexican and Flemish; its domain, insolent azure and greenery, runs on beaches called, by waves without vessels, with fiercely Greek, Slavic, Celtic names.
At the edge of the forest - the dream flowers ring, burst, light up - the girl with the orange lip, her knees crossed in the clear deluge which rises from the meadows, nudity shadowed, cross and dress the rainbows, flora, sea.
Ladies spinning on the terraces near the sea; children and giants, superb black in the verdigris moss, jewels standing on the greasy soil of groves and thawed gardens, - young mothers and big sisters with eyes full of pilgrimages, sultanesses, princesses of walk and tyrannical costumes, little strangers and gently unhappy people.
What a bore, the hour of the "dear body" and "dear heart"!
๐ฎ๐น – Infanzia I, di Arthur Rimbaud
Questo idolo, occhi neri e crine giallo, senza genitori nรฉ corte, piรน nobile della favola, messicana e fiamminga; il suo dominio, insolente azzurro e verde, scorre su spiagge chiamate, da onde senza navi, dai nomi fieramente greci, slavi, celtici.
Ai margini del bosco - i fiori del sogno risuonano, sbocciano, si accendono - la ragazza dal labbro arancione, le ginocchia incrociate nel limpido diluvio che si alza dai prati, la nuditร in ombra, attraversa e veste gli arcobaleni, la flora, il mare.
Signore che filano sulle terrazze vicino al mare; bambini e giganti, superbo nero nel muschio verderame, gioielli in piedi sul terreno unto di boschetti e giardini scongelati, - giovani madri e sorelle maggiori con gli occhi pieni di pellegrinaggi, sultane, principesse dal passo e costumi tirannici, piccoli estranei e persone delicatamente infelici.
Che noia, l'ora del "caro corpo" e del "caro cuore"!


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