Novel
de Arthur Rimbaud(2008)
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“Novel”
By Arthur Rimbaud
“I.
No one\'s serious at seventeen.
--On beautiful nights when beer and lemonade
And loud, blinding cafés are the last thing you need
--You stroll beneath green lindens on the promenade.
Lindens smell fine on fine June nights!
Sometimes the air is so sweet that you close your eyes;
The wind brings sounds--the town is near--
And carries scents of vineyards and beer. . .
II.
--Over there, framed by a branch
You can see a little patch of dark blue
Stung by a sinister star that fades
With faint quiverings, so small and white. . .
June nights! Seventeen!--Drink it in.
Sap is champagne; it goes to your head. . .
The mind wanders; you feel a kiss
On your lips, quivering like a living thing. . .
III.
The wild heart Crusoes through a thousand novels
--And when a young girl walks alluringly
Through a streetlamp\'s pale light, beneath the ominous shadow
Of her father\'s starched collar. . .
Because as she passes by, boot heels tapping,
She turns on a dime, eyes wide,
Finding you too sweet to resist. . .
--And cavatinas die on your lips.
IV.
You\'re in love off the market till August.
You\'re in love.--Your sonnets make her laugh.
Your friends are gone, you\'re bad news.
--Then, one night, your beloved, writes. . .!
That night . . . you return to the blinding cafés;
You order beer or lemonade. . .
--No one\'s serious at seventeen
When lindens line the promenade.”