With the poems originally written in Baudelaire’s native French, translators usually fall into two camps: those who place Baudelaire’s poetic meaning ahead of his form and technique and those who are willing to sacrifice a bit of poetic meaning, changing it as necessary in order to better fit Baudelaire’s rhyme and syllable patterns into English. Translating Baudelaire is something of a cottage industry in the world of poetry, with many scholars and poets making attempts over the years. Robert Scholten offers his translation of all 160 of Baudelaire’s poems in the volume Flowers of Evil. This is the definitive edition of Les Fleurs du mal and contains most everything except the "condemned" poems which you can find in Les Épaves (scraps).This translation of Baudelaire’s masterpiece is a successful gateway to the French poet’s dark, affecting work.Ĭharles Baudelaire has a special place in the history of poetry as perhaps the first poet to fully embrace the darker side of life in his work. If you're new to Baudelaire or uninterested in the various editions of the Flowers of Evil, you should browse poems using the 1861 Table of Contents. Please note, however, that the site reserves the unconditional right to reject any submission without explanation. Contact if you would like to submit a translation. If you are a rights holder and object to your translations being included here, please contact to discuss the issue.
Vincent Millay's renderings but they are ones that the site felt comfortable reproducing in terms of rights.
These are not necessarily the best or the worst translations though is partial to Edna St. Most of the translations that appear on have appeared previously in book form.
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"I once read a lot of Baudelaire + my Angel kid has read every translation - apparently, if you don't know french (I do) you have to read all the translations to get a good idea." - Allen Ginsberg, Letter to David Cope.
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