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 CViens 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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