Le Chat (the Cat) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD BBB BEF B BAAB GDCB ABB BEB C B BHBH CACA AIA BBI H B JKAB HDCB ACB BEB C| Viens mon beau chat sur mon coeur amoureux | A |
| Retiens les griffes de ta patte | B |
| Et laisse moi plonger dans tes beaux yeux | A |
| M l s de m tal et d'agate | B |
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| Lorsque mes doigts caressent loisir | C |
| Ta t te et ton dos lastique | D |
| Et que ma main s'enivre du plaisir | C |
| De palper ton corps lectrique | D |
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| Je vois ma femme en esprit Son regard | B |
| Comme le tien aimable b te | B |
| Profond et froid coupe et fend comme un dard | B |
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| Et des pieds jusques la t te | B |
| Un air subtil un dangereux parfum | E |
| Nagent autour de son corps brun | F |
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| The Cat | B |
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| Come superb cat to my amorous heart | B |
| Hold back the talons of your paws | A |
| Let me gaze into your beautiful eyes | A |
| Of metal and agate | B |
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| When my fingers leisurely caress you | G |
| Your head and your elastic back | D |
| And when my hand tingles with the pleasure | C |
| Of feeling your electric body | B |
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| In spirit I see my woman Her gaze | A |
| Like your own amiable beast | B |
| Profound and cold cuts and cleaves like a dart | B |
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| And from her head down to her feet | B |
| A subtle air a dangerous perfume | E |
| Floats about her dusky body | B |
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| Translated by William Aggeler | C |
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| The Cat | B |
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| Come my fine cat against my loving heart | B |
| Sheathe your sharp claws and settle | H |
| And let my eyes into your pupils dart | B |
| Where agate sparks with metal | H |
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| Now while my fingertips caress at leisure | C |
| Your head and wiry curves | A |
| And that my hand's elated with the pleasure | C |
| Of your electric nerves | A |
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| I think about my woman how her glances | A |
| Like yours dear beast deep down | I |
| And cold can cut and wound one as with lances | A |
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| Then too she has that vagrant | B |
| And subtle air of danger that makes fragrant | B |
| Her body lithe and brown | I |
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| Translated by Roy Campbell | H |
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| The Cat | B |
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| My beautiful cat come onto my heart full of love | J |
| Hold back the claws of your paw | K |
| And let me plunge into your adorable eyes | A |
| Mixed with metal and agate | B |
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| When my fingers lazily fondle | H |
| Your head and your elastic back | D |
| And my hand gets drunk with the pleasure | C |
| Of feeling your electric body | B |
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| I see in spirit my personal lady Her glance | A |
| Like yours dear creature | C |
| Deep and cold slits and splits like a dart | B |
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| And from her feet to her head | B |
| A subtle atmosphere a dangerous perfume | E |
| Swim around her brown body | B |
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| Translated by Geoffrey Wagner | C |
Charles Baudelaire
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