Sur l'onde calme et noire ou dorment les etoiles
La blonde Ophelia flotte comme un grand lys,
Flotte tres lentement, couchee en ses longues voiles...
On entend dans les bois lointains des hallalis.
On the tranquil dark water, where the stars drown,
Ophelia floats white as a lily
Floats gently, slowly, in her long gown...
From the distant woods you hear the sound of 'les hallalis'.
Rimbaud, translated by Melvyn Bragg - it seems - in his latest, incredibly moving novel Remember Me.
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