{"id":4159,"date":"2011-03-01T02:08:25","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T02:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=4159"},"modified":"2014-06-11T21:41:56","modified_gmt":"2014-06-11T19:41:56","slug":"baudelaire-invites-you-to-a-mystery-voyage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/baudelaire-invites-you-to-a-mystery-voyage\/","title":{"rendered":"Baudelaire invites you to a Mystery Voyage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his &#8220;<strong><em>Commentaires des fleurs du mal<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;, <strong>Robert-Beno\u00eet Ch\u00e9rix<\/strong> says: <em>&#8220;<strong>L&#8217;invitation au voyage \u00e9voque <\/strong><\/em><strong><em>une terre<\/em> <\/strong><em><strong>par une s\u00e9rie de touches discr\u00e8tes, mais suffisantes pour l&#8217;identifier.<\/strong>&#8221; <\/em>Meaning: &#8220;The &#8216;Invitation to\u00a0the Journey&#8217; evokes a land\u00a0through a series of discrete\u00a0strokes, but enough to identify it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Baudelaire; L&#039;invitation au voyage\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hgUsnCLwzVo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Would you be able to guess which country <strong>Charles Baudelaire<\/strong> had <strong><em>\u00e0 l&#8217;esprit <\/em><\/strong>(in mind)?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>* <em>L&#8217;invitation au voyage <\/em>(Invitation to a Journey<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mon enfant, ma soeur,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Songe \u00e0 la douceur<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>D&#8217;aller l\u00e0-bas vivre ensemble!<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Aimer \u00e0 loisir,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Aimer et mourir<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Au pays qui te ressemble!<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Les soleils mouill\u00e9s<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>De ces ciels brouill\u00e9s<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Pour mon esprit ont les charmes<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Si myst\u00e9rieux<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>De tes tra\u00eetres yeux,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Brillant \u00e0 travers leurs larmes.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>L\u00e0, tout n&#8217;est qu&#8217;ordre et beaut\u00e9,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Luxe, calme et volupt\u00e9.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Des meubles luisants,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Polis par les ans,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>D\u00e9coreraient notre chambre;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Les plus rares fleurs<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>M\u00ealant leurs odeurs<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Aux vagues senteurs de l&#8217;ambre,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Les riches plafonds,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Les miroirs profonds,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>La splendeur orientale,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Tout y parlerait<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>\u00c0 l&#8217;\u00e2me en secret<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Sa douce langue natale.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>L\u00e0, tout n&#8217;est qu&#8217;ordre et beaut\u00e9,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Luxe, calme et volupt\u00e9.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Vois sur ces canaux<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Dormir ces vaisseaux<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Dont l&#8217;humeur est vagabonde;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>C&#8217;est pour assouvir<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Ton moindre d\u00e9sir<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Qu&#8217;ils viennent du bout du monde.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>\u2014 Les soleils couchants<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Rev\u00eatent les champs,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Les canaux, la ville enti\u00e8re,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>D&#8217;hyacinthe et d&#8217;or;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Le monde s&#8217;endort<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Dans une chaude lumi\u00e8re.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>L\u00e0, tout n&#8217;est qu&#8217;ordre et beaut\u00e9,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Luxe, calme et volupt\u00e9.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/p>\n<p><strong>Invitation to the Voyage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My child, my sister,<br \/>\nThink of the rapture<br \/>\nOf living together there!<br \/>\nOf loving at will,<br \/>\nOf loving till death,<br \/>\nIn the land that is like you!<br \/>\nThe misty sunlight<br \/>\nOf those cloudy skies<br \/>\nHas for my spirit the charms,<br \/>\nSo mysterious,<br \/>\nOf your treacherous eyes,<br \/>\nShining brightly through their tears.<\/p>\n<p>There all is order and beauty,<br \/>\nLuxury, peace, and pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>Gleaming furniture,<br \/>\nPolished by the years,<br \/>\nWill ornament our bedroom;<br \/>\nThe rarest flowers<br \/>\nMingling their fragrance<br \/>\nWith the faint scent of amber,<br \/>\nThe ornate ceilings,<br \/>\nThe limpid mirrors,<br \/>\nThe oriental splendor,<br \/>\nAll would whisper there<br \/>\nSecretly to the soul<br \/>\nIn its soft, native language.<\/p>\n<p>There all is order and beauty,<br \/>\nLuxury, peace, and pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>See on the canals<br \/>\nThose vessels sleeping.<br \/>\nTheir mood is adventurous;<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s to satisfy<br \/>\nYour slightest desire<br \/>\nThat they come from the ends of the earth.<br \/>\n\u2014 The setting suns<br \/>\nAdorn the fields,<br \/>\nThe canals, the whole city,<br \/>\nWith hyacinth and gold;<br \/>\nThe world falls asleep<br \/>\nIn a warm glow of light.<\/p>\n<p>There all is order and beauty,<br \/>\nLuxury, peace, and pleasure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;\u00a0William Aggeler Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his &#8220;Commentaires des fleurs du mal&#8220;, Robert-Beno\u00eet Ch\u00e9rix says: &#8220;L&#8217;invitation au voyage \u00e9voque une terre par une s\u00e9rie de touches discr\u00e8tes, mais suffisantes pour l&#8217;identifier.&#8221; Meaning: &#8220;The &#8216;Invitation to\u00a0the Journey&#8217; evokes a land\u00a0through a series of discrete\u00a0strokes, but enough to identify it.&#8221; Would you be able to guess which country Charles Baudelaire had \u00e0&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/baudelaire-invites-you-to-a-mystery-voyage\/\">Continue 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