Original text:
Le diable rose
I watched the flowers bloom brightly and the petals were soaked in crimson. But when I stared at its light, the evil in it grew slowly.
Its beauty covers up the evil in the heart and the darkness under the light. Its deceptive smell, poisonous retention and despicable charm are only known by evil.
Oh, wanderer, beware of its charm, because in its disaster, your soul will find a treacherous road, like a flower of evil, leading to harm.
Translation:
Le diable rose
I looked at the blooming flowers,
The red petals are dyed crimson.
However, when I stare at its light,
The evil in it grows quietly.
Its beauty masks deep evil,
Beneath the glory lies darkness.
Its smell is a gift of deception and evil,
An abominable temptation that only evil can understand.
Be careful, rover, beware of its charm,
Because under its poison, your soul may be hurt,
A dangerous road will hurt you,
Like an evil bouquet.
Appreciation of works?
The Flower of Evil by Baudelaire, a great French poet, is a poetic work that expresses the western spirit and social pathology. However, illness is not necessarily a kind of beauty. Baudelaire's genius is precisely that he can find beauty in the evil world, feel the existence of evil in the experience of beauty, and turn decay into magic through poetry. Therefore, in a sense, Flowers of Evil is an evil art, not an evil ode.
Expressing the ugliness of modern city, the hypocrisy of modern civilization and the poverty and emptiness of modern people's spiritual world with poetry is the unique contribution of Flowers of Evil to the poetry world, and it is also the beneficial enlightenment provided by Baudelaire to future modernism. With rare courage, the poet showed all kinds of ugliness and debauchery, and also poured out his deep depression and distress.