Sunday, September 11, 2005

The Green Room (Rimbaud trans.)

For eight days, I'd rent my soles
On rocky roads. I came to Charles-king.
In the Green Room: requested bread
And butter, loafs of half-cold ham.

Content, I stretched my own hams
Underneath the table, also green:
I mused on the worn out themes
Of the tapestries. – And it was delicious,
When the girl with giant tits
And vivid eyes,

– It's not a kiss that scares her –
The feisty one, brought me buttered
Toast and tepid ham, on a blue plate,

Rosy, white ham redolent of garlic
Cloves – and filled me a tankard brimming
With suds struck gold in the setting sun.

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