Saturday, May 15, 2010

CORRESPONDENCES

Nature is a temple in which living pillars
sometimes give voice to confused words;
man passes there through forest of symbols
which look at him with understanding eyes.

Like prolonged echoes mingling in the distance
in a deep and tenebrous unity,
-vast as the dark of night and as the light of the day-
perfumes, sounds and colors correspond.

There are perfumes as cool as the flesh of children,
sweet as oboes, green as meadows
-And others are corrput, and rich, triumphant,

With power to expand into infinity,
like amber and incense, musk, benzoin,
that sing the ecstasy of the soul and senses.


Charles Baudelaire

1 comment:

  1. It is beautiful!
    I had never read. I had not even read Spanish
    Who is the author, what does he do it?

    I've given a good idea! I feel great blogging any thought or poem that we like!

    thank you for sharing these beautiful words ..

    bye camilo =)

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