The Balcony

The Balcony

    by Charles Baudelaire

Mother of memories, mistress of mistresses,
O you, all my pleasure, O you, all my duty!
You'll remember the sweetness of our caresses,
The peace of the fireside, the charm of the evenings.
Mother of memories, mistress of mistresses!

The evenings lighted by the glow of the coals,
The evenings on the balcony, veiled with rose mist;
How soft your breast was to me! how kind was your heart!
We often said imperishable things,
The evenings lighted by the glow of the coals.

How splendid the sunsets are on warm evenings!
How deep space is! how potent is the heart!
In bending over you, queen of adored women,
I thought I breathed the perfume in your blood.
How splendid the sunsets are on warm evenings!

The night was growing dense like an encircling wall,
My eyes in the darkness felt the fire of your gaze
And I drank in your breath, O sweetness, O poison!
And your feet nestled soft in my brotherly hands.
The night was growing dense like an encircling wall.

I know the art of evoking happy moments,
And live again our past, my head laid on your knees,
For what's the good of seeking your languid beauty
Elsewhere than in your dear body and gentle heart?
I know the art of evoking happy moments.

Those vows, those perfumes, those infinite kisses,
Will they be reborn from a gulf we may not sound,
As rejuvenated suns rise in the heavens
After being bathed in the depths of deep seas?
— O vows! O perfumes! O infinite kisses!

阳台

  夏尔•波德莱尔

我的回忆之母，情人中的情人，
你赢得我的全部喜悦！全部敬意！
请你回想那些抚爱的优美温存，
那炉边的快慰，那些黄昏的魅力，
我的回忆之母，情人中的情人！

被熊熊的炭火照亮的那些黄昏，
罩着蔷薇色雾气的阳台的傍晚，
你的乳房多温暖！你的心多温存！
我们常常作些永难磨灭的交谈，
被熊熊的炭火照亮的那些黄昏。

在暖和的傍晚，夕阳多么美丽！
宇宙多么深奥！爱心多么坚强！
最敬爱的女王，当我俯身向你，
我好像闻到你的血液的芳香。
在暖和的傍晚，夕阳多么美丽！

黑夜拉上像墙壁一样的厚幕，
我的眼睛在暗中窥探你的双瞳，
我酣饮你的气息，哦，甘美，哦，毒素
你的双足在我亲切的掌中入梦。
黑夜拉上像墙壁一样的厚幕。

我有妙术把那幸福的良辰唤回，
埋头在你的膝上，重温我的过去。
因为，何处可寻到你的慵懒之美，
除了你的芳心和你可爱的娇躯？
我有妙术把那幸福的良辰唤回。

那些无穷的亲吻，那些盟誓、芬芳，
可会从那不可测的深渊里复生，
就像从海底深处出浴后的太阳，
恢复它的青春，又向空中上升?
——哦，无穷的亲吻！哦，盟誓！哦，芬芳！

夏尔•波德莱尔简介