Art and Poetry - Courbet and Baudelaire

Gustave Courbet, “The Wave”, 1870

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Charles Baudelaire, “Man and the Sea” contained in the “Spleen and Ideal” section of his collection “Les Fleurs du mal”, 1867

Free man, always you will cherish the sea !
The sea is your mirror; you contemplate your soul
In the infinite unfolding of his blade,
And your mind is no less bitter abyss.

You like to dive into your image;
You embrace him with your eyes and your arms, and your heart
Sometimes gets distracted by his own rumor
To the sound of this indomitable and wild complaint.

You are both dark and discreet:
Man, no one has fathomed the depths of your depths;
O sea, no one knows your intimate riches,
You are so jealous of keeping your secrets!

And yet countless centuries ago
That you fight each other without pity or remorse,
You love carnage and death so much,
O eternal fighters, O implacable brothers!

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