{"id":103,"date":"2021-04-20T17:06:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T21:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/virtual-international-poetry-day\/?p=103"},"modified":"2021-04-22T08:28:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T12:28:39","slug":"french-josephine-van-renterghem-and-jessica-simon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/virtual-international-poetry-day\/2021\/04\/20\/french-josephine-van-renterghem-and-jessica-simon\/","title":{"rendered":"French &#8211; Jos\u00e9phine Van Renterghem &#8217;21, Interdisciplinary Studies, &amp; Jessica Simon"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-103-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/virtual-international-poetry-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/536\/2021\/04\/Tristesses-de-la-lune-Jessica-Simon.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/virtual-international-poetry-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/536\/2021\/04\/Tristesses-de-la-lune-Jessica-Simon.mp3\">https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/virtual-international-poetry-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/536\/2021\/04\/Tristesses-de-la-lune-Jessica-Simon.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><strong>Tristesses de la lune<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><strong>By\u00a0 Charles Baudelaire (French)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">Ce soir, la lune r\u00eave avec plus de paresse;<br \/>\nAinsi qu&#8217;une beaut\u00e9, sur de nombreux coussins,<br \/>\nQui d&#8217;une main distraite et l\u00e9g\u00e8re caresse<br \/>\nAvant de s&#8217;endormir le contour de ses seins,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">Sur le dos satin\u00e9 des molles avalanches,<br \/>\nMourante, elle se livre aux longues p\u00e2moisons,<br \/>\nEt prom\u00e8ne ses yeux sur les visions blanches<br \/>\nQui montent dans l&#8217;azur comme des floraisons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">Quand parfois sur ce globe, en sa langueur oisive,<br \/>\nElle laisse filer une larme furtive,<br \/>\nUn po\u00e8te pieux, ennemi du sommeil,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">Dans le creux de sa main prend cette larme p\u00e2le,<br \/>\nAux reflets iris\u00e9s comme un fragment d&#8217;opale,<br \/>\nEt la met dans son coeur loin des yeux du soleil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-105\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/virtual-international-poetry-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/536\/2021\/04\/Tristesses-de-la-lune-Jessica-Simon-300x77.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/virtual-international-poetry-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/536\/2021\/04\/Tristesses-de-la-lune-Jessica-Simon-300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/virtual-international-poetry-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/536\/2021\/04\/Tristesses-de-la-lune-Jessica-Simon-768x197.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/virtual-international-poetry-day\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/536\/2021\/04\/Tristesses-de-la-lune-Jessica-Simon.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><strong>Sorrows of the Moon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><strong>Translated by Jos\u00e9phine Van Renterghem and Jessica Simon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">Tonight, the moon dreams more lazily than ever,<br \/>\nLike a beauty reclining on piles of cushions deep,<br \/>\nWho caresses, her hand as light as a feather,<br \/>\nThe curve of her breast before falling asleep;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">On the soft avalanche of silken cushions,<br \/>\nDying, she revels in delightful swoons<br \/>\nAnd lets her eyes wander over white visions<br \/>\nThat rise into the azure like asphodel blooms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">When wrapped in languid slumber\u2019s robe,<br \/>\nShe lets a quiet tear run down this globe,<br \/>\nA devoted poet, admirer of the sleepless night,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">Collects in his hand this pale crystal,<br \/>\nThis shimmering teardrop resembling an opal,<br \/>\nAnd hides it in his heart, out of the sun\u2019s sight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tristesses de la lune By\u00a0 Charles Baudelaire (French) Ce soir, la lune r\u00eave avec plus de paresse; 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