Départ, de Rimbaud 💡✒️🇫🇷
Poem by Arthur Rimbaud’s collection “Illuminations”, – Dêpart – presented in its original version in French and in translation into English, Italian and Spanish by Enzo Martinelli. Continue reading Départ, de Rimbaud 💡✒️🇫🇷
Tag: French literature
C’est le chien de Jean de Nivelle, de Verlaine 🌊✒️🇫🇷
Paul Verlaine, a central figure in French Symbolism, achieved enduring literary relevance through his musical, emotionally charged verse. His 1874 collection Romances sans paroles (Songs without Words) epitomizes his poetic innovation and sensitivity, capturing fleeting moods and intimate feelings with a delicate precision that profoundly influenced modern poetry. C’est le chien de Jean de Nivelle – Romances sans paroles – Paul Verlaine – 1874 – … Continue reading C’est le chien de Jean de Nivelle, de Verlaine 🌊✒️🇫🇷
Villes, de Rimbaud 💡✒️🇫🇷
Villes – Les Illuminations – Arthur Rimbaud – 1873 – with translations from 🇫🇷 French into 🇬🇧 English and 🇮🇹 Italian by Enzo Martinelli © 2025 Enzo Martinelli Ce sont des villes ! C’est un peuple pour qui se sont montés ces Alleghanys et ces Libans de rêve ! Des chalets de cristal et de bois qui se meuvent sur des rails et des poulies … Continue reading Villes, de Rimbaud 💡✒️🇫🇷
Le piano que baise une main frêle, de Verlaine 🌊✒️🇫🇷
Le piano que baise une main frêle – Romances sans paroles – Paul Verlaine – 1874 – with translations from 🇫🇷 French into 🇬🇧 English and 🇮🇹 Italian by Enzo Martinelli © 2025 Enzo Martinelli Le piano que baise une main frêleLuit dans le soir rose et gris vaguement,Tandis qu’avec un très léger bruit d’aileUn air bien vieux, bien faible et bien charmantRôde discret, épeuré … Continue reading Le piano que baise une main frêle, de Verlaine 🌊✒️🇫🇷
After the flood, by Arthur Rimbaud 🇫🇷✒️🏴
Translation into English and critical analysis by Enzo Martinelli of the poem by Arthur Rimbaud “Après le déluge”, also with original French text and AI generated imagery. Continue reading After the flood, by Arthur Rimbaud 🇫🇷✒️🏴
Paul Verlaine ✒️📃🏴
On this day, we celebrate the birth of Paul Verlaine (1844–1896), one of the most distinctive and influential voices in French poetry. A figure at once luminous and tragic, Verlaine’s work embodies the musicality of language, the melancholy of the soul, and the sensual ambiguity that defined the Decadent and Symbolist movements. His life, marked by passion, rebellion, and personal turmoil, intertwined deeply with the … Continue reading Paul Verlaine ✒️📃🏴
Mouvement, de Rimbaud 💡✒️🇫🇷
Mouvement – Les Illuminations – Arthur Rimbaud – 1873 – with translations from 🇫🇷 French into 🇬🇧 English and 🇮🇹 Italian by Enzo Martinelli © 2025 Enzo Martinelli Le mouvement de lacet sur la berge des chutes du fleuve,Le gouffre à l’étambotLa célérité de la rampe,L’énorme passade du courantMènent par les lumières inouïesEt la nouveauté chimiqueLes voyageurs entourés des trombes du valEt du strom.Ce sont … Continue reading Mouvement, de Rimbaud 💡✒️🇫🇷