C. BAUDELAIRE poem THE TWO GOOD SISTERS Text FLOWERS OF EVIL
Charles Baudelaire
The Two Good Sisters
(In French: Les Deux Bonnes Soeurs )
Poem from book:
Baudelaire – The flowers of evil
French literature – poetry
Full text translated into English
The poem “Les Deux Bonnes Soeurs” (translated to English as “The Two Good Sisters”) by Charles Baudelaire is part of his renowned collection ‘Les Fleurs du mal’, published in 1857. This literary masterpiece offers a poignant reflection on moral and spiritual conflicts through the contrast between two nuns walking the city streets. It is a poignant exploration of themes such as sin, temptation, and purity.
Baudelaire’s “The Two Good Sisters” captivates readers with the depth of its psychological analysis and the beauty of its poetic language.
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Charles Baudelaire
The Two Good Sisters
French poetry
Full text translated into English
Debauchery and Death are two lovable girls,
Lavish with their kisses and rich with health,
Whose ever-virgin loins, draped with tattered clothes and
Burdened with constant work, have never given birth.
To the sinister poet, foe of families,
Poorly paid courtier, favorite of hell,
Graves and brothels show beneath their bowers
A bed in which remorse has never slept.
The bier and the alcove, fertile in blasphemies
Like two good sisters, offer to us in turn
Terrible pleasures and frightful sweetness.
When will you bury me, Debauch with the filthy arms?
Death, her rival in charms, when will you come
To graft black cypress on her infected myrtle?
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Charles Baudelaire – Poem The Two Good Sisters
In original French: Les Deux Bonnes Soeurs
From book: The flowers of evil
French poetry, Full Text translated into English
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