Correspondences Analysis

Author: poem of Charles Baudelaire Type: poem Views: 15

Nature is a temple where the living pillars
Let go sometimes a blurred speech—
A Forest of symbols passes through a man's reach
And observes him with a familiar regard.

Like the distant echoes that mingle and confound
In a unity of darkness and quiet
Deep as the night, clear as daylight
The perfumes, the colors, the sounds correspond.

The perfume is as fresh as the flesh of an infant
Sweet as an oboe, green as a prairie
—And the others, corrupt, rich and triumphant

Enlightened by the things of infinity,
Like amber, musk, benzoin and incense
That sing, transporting the soul and sense.

Translated by William A. Sigler

Submitted by Ryan McGuire

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As there are are many English translations of the original poem, there are obviously different takes on it's meaning. I took it to mean that nature is a complex being and, as we try to understand its vast intricacies, it knows everything about us already. It's about the richness of the natural world we have to explore, and the fact that we are a small part that fits into it.

| Posted on 2008-02-28 | by a guest

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