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Baudelaire, Charles - Les Fleurs du Mal - Above ponds, above valleys Mountains, woods, clouds, seas
Identifier
000316
Type of Spiritual Experience
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A description of the experience
Les Fleurs du Mal – Charles Baudelaire
Above ponds, above valleys
Mountains, woods, clouds, seas,
Beyond the sun, beyond the ether,
Beyond the limits of the starry spheres,
My spirit, you move with agility
And, like a good swimmer who collapses in the water,
You gaily furrow the deep expanse
With an unspeakable male delight.
Fly far away from the fetid marshes;
Purify yourself in the upper air,
And drink, like some pure divine liqueur,
The clear fire that fills the limpid spaces.
Behind the boredom and endless cares
Which burden our fogged existence with their weight,
Happy is the man who can with vigorous wing
Mount to those luminous serene fields!
The man whose thoughts, like larks,
Take liberated flight toward the morning skies
- Who hovers over life and understands without effort
The language of flowers and voiceless things
The source of the experience
Baudelaire, CharlesConcepts, symbols and science items
Symbols
AetherAir
Clouds
Fields and meadows
Flower
Lark
Marsh
Mountain
Ocean and sea
Planets, the
Pond
Sacred grove
Spheres
Stars
Sun and Moon
Valley
Water
Wings