ARTHUR RIMBAUD anti-War poem EVIL – LE MAL full English TEXT
Rimbaud – Anti War poems
Arthur Rimbaud
Evil
(French original: Le Mal )
Full text, translation into English
French literature
” Le Mal ” (in english: Evil) is a poem anti-war by Arthur Rimbaud, written in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War.
“It is a powerful and sharp poem that penetrates and pierces the soul with its wealth of metaphors. It is a poem in which Arthur Rimbaud denounces the horrors and absurdity of war at all levels, showing us how the pain and suffering caused by violence have a universal, unjust, and disarming face, and unfortunately, more relevant than ever.
Below you can read Arthur Rimbaud’s poem ” Evil ” with English translation.
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Good reading and no war!
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Arthur Rimbaud
Evil
Anti War poems
Full text translated into English
While loud the red-flecked mouths of cannons sing
And grapeshot whistles under empty sky;
While, red and green, before each preening King,
The massed battalions break, and thousands die;
While flowers bloom and sweet grass grows again,
In splendid sunshine, under summer heat,
And madness grinds a hundred thousand men
Into a steaming pile of rotting meat;
A God smiles down through incense-laden air
At chalices and altars, gold, ornate,
And slowly dozes off to mumbled prayer;
But wakes when black-clad mothers, bowed with grief
And weeping, clink into His silver plate
The few coins in a knotted handkerchief.
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Arthur Rimbaud – Poem Evil
French original: Le mal
Anti War poems
Full text translated into english
French literature
Original text in French Le mal > here
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Arthur Rimbaud
Arthur Rimbaud was one of the most extraordinary poets in the history of French literature, is considered a representative of symbolism, and is even labeled as “the first punk poet” and “pioneer of the beat”.
The works by ArthurRimbaud have a profound impact on surrealism and the novels of the stream of consciousness, but really is difficult to classify, because he is the father of many schools and of any genre.
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