One Hundred and One Poems by Paul Verlaine

French poet Paul Verlaine, a major representative of the Symbolist Movement during the latter half of the nineteenth century, was one of the most gifted and prolific poets of his time. Norman Shapiro's superb translations display Verlaine's ability to transform into timeless verse the essence of everyday life and make evident the reasons for his renown in France and throughout the Western world.

Norman R. Shapiro is a professor of Romance languages and literatures at Wesleyan University. Among his many translations are Four Farces by Georges Feydeau, which was nominated for a National Book Award, The Fabulists French: Verse Fables of Nine Centuries, named Distinguished Book of the Year by the American Literary Translators' Association, and Charles Baudelaire: Selected Poems from Les Fleurs du mal, the last published by the University of Chicago Press.

List of Illustrations

xiii

Preface

xv

from Poemes saturniens (1866)

My Familiar Dream

4

(2)

Seascape

6

(2)

Night Scene

8

(2)

Sunsets

10

(2)

Mystical Evening Twilight

12

(2)

Sentimental Stroll

14

(2)

Autumn Song

16

(2)

The Shepherd's Hour

18

(2)

Woman and Cat

20

(2)

A Dahlia

22

(2)

Nevermore

24

(4)

from Fetes galantes (1869)

Moonlight

28

(2)

Pantomime

30

(2)

On the Grass

32

(2)

The Lane

34

(2)

Strolling

36

(2)

Innocents We

38

(2)

Cortege

40

(2)

Seashells

42

(2)

Puppets

44

(2)

Sailing

46

(2)

The Faun

48

(2)

Mandolin

50

(2)

For Clymene

52

(2)

Colombine

54

(4)

Love Cast Down

58

(2)

In Muted Tone

60

(2)

Lovers' Chat

62

(4)

from La Bonne Chanson (1870)

``Morning star, before you pale...''

66

(2)

``Among the trees...''

68

(2)

``A Saint set in her stained-glass glow...''

70

(2)

``I used to wander aimlessly...''

72

(4)

from Romances sans paroles (1874)

``It's the languorous ecstasy...''

76

(2)

``Like city's rain, my heart...''

78

(2)

``Bright in the evening's gray and pinkish blur...''

80

(2)

``So sad my heart, so sad it was...''

82

(2)

``Covering the land...''

84

(4)

``Reflections in the fogbound rivulet...''

88

(2)

Walcourt

90

(2)

Charleroi

92

(4)

Green

96

(2)

Spleen

98

(2)

Streets I

100

(2)

Streets II

102

(4)

from Sagesse (1881)

``Beauty of women, weakness, pale soft skin...''

106

(2)

``A vast, black lethargy...''

108

(2)

``Above the roof the sky is fair...''

110

(2)

``The horn's sound in the wood sobs dolefully...''

112

(2)

``The wind whips through the bushes, green...''

114

(2)

``The hedges billow like the sea's...''

116

(2)

`` `The city!' Gaudy cluster of white stones...''

118

(4)

from Iadis et naguere (1884)

Pierrot

122

(2)

The Skeleton

124

(2)

Ars Poetica

126

(4)

Allegory

130

(2)

Circumspection

132

(2)

Languor

134

(2)

Prologue

136

(4)

from Amour (1888)

``Your voice was deep and low...''

140

(4)

For Georges Verlaine

144

(4)

from Parallelement (1889)

Allegory

148

(2)

Spring

150

(2)

Summer

152

(2)

For Mademoiselle ***

154

(4)

False Impression

158

(4)

Other

162

(4)

Tantalized

166

(2)

The Last Stanza

168

(2)

In the Style of Paul Verlaine

170

(2)

Limbo

172

(4)

Loins

176

(2)

The Last ``Fete Galante''

178

(4)

from Dedicaces (1890)

Recollection of Manchester

182

(2)

For Edmond Lepelletier

184

(2)

For Arthur Rimbaud

186

(2)

For Bibi-Puree

188

(4)

from Bonheur (1891)

``In Mary's humble ear...''

192

(6)

from Chansons pour Elle (1891)

``Yes, despite your cruel excess...''

198

(4)

``I'm poorer than I've ever been...''

202

(2)

``True, we don't know when to quit...''

204

(2)

``Blonde? Brown? Which is your hair?...''

206

(2)

``You believe in superstitions...''

208

(2)

``Lover, when you look for lice...''

210

(2)

``I dreamed of you last night; and you...''

212

(4)

from Liturgies intimes (1892)

For Charles Baudelaire

216

(4)

from Odes en son honneur (1893)

``You've often been unkind...''

220

(4)

``That firm-fleshed belly that has never borne...''

224

(6)

from ``Le Livre posthume'' (1893-1894)

Last Hope

230

(4)

from Epigrammes (1894)

``When we go--if I see her yet again...''

234

(2)

``It's thanks to you I see how I...''

236

(2)

Accompanying a Sketch (The Siege of Paris)

238

(2)

On a Copy of Les Fleurs du mal

240

(4)

from Chair (1896)

Song for the Ladies

244

(2)

Fog!

246

(4)

from Invectives (1896)

Sonnet to Weep Over

250

(2)

A Drink Song

252

(2)

Another Drink Song

254

(2)

Dream

256

(2)

Awakening

258

(4)

Death

262

(4)

Quatrain

266

(3)

Notes

269

(16)

Acknowledgments

285

(2)

Index of Titles and First Lines

287

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