Arthur Rimbaud

Andrew Jary

Andrew Jary's translation of Rimbaud's extraordinary poetic statement, written in 1873. The sensual, viloent and anguished emotion in Rimbaud's visionary 'alchemy of the word' remains startling, unsurpassed, and continues to inspire poets.

A Season in Hell

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vii. lives : what is my nothingness, in comparison with the stupor that awaits you?

that charm has captured soul and body
and dissipated my endeavours.

o seasons! o chateaux!

xx. vigils : it is repose illuminated, neither fever nor languor, on the bed or on the meadow.

alas! the hour that it flies
will be the hour of my demise.

quant au monde, quand tu sortiras, que sera-t-il devenu?
as for the world, when you depart, what will it has become?

o seasons! o chateaux!

la crevaison pour le monde qui va.
let the rest of the world drop dead.
and, that is finished. i know today how to hail beauty.

A  season in hell

Gavin

asha

Luis Ponce

Elena Kuran

humita gomita

Emma

Hayley

Karen Scarlet 

Dennis Jacob Rosenfeld

A reissue of Rimbaud's highly influential work, with a new preface by Patti Smith and the original 1945 New Directions cover design by Alvin lustig.

A Season in Hell

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