Hi
I had the luck to see this bird, gliding near the water
I am not sure of what it is exactly..
I am quite sure this is not an albatross (maybe a seagull or a gull) but anyway, to illustrate, here's a wonderful Baudelaire's poem..in French and in English.
L'Albatros
Souvent, pour s'amuser, les hommes d'équipage
Prennent des albatros, vastes oiseaux des mers,
Qui suivent, indolents compagnons de voyage,
Le navire glissant sur les gouffres amers.
A peine les ont-ils déposés sur les planches,
Que ces rois de l'azur, maladroits et honteux,
Laissent piteusement leurs grandes ailes blanches
Comme des avirons traîner à côté d'eux.
Ce voyageur ailé, comme il est gauche et veule !
Lui, naguère si beau, qu'il est comique et laid !
L'un agace son bec avec un brûle-gueule,
L'autre mime en boitant, l'infirme qui volait !
Le Poète est semblable au prince des nuées
Qui hante la tempête et se rit de l'archer ;
Exilé sur le sol au milieu des huées,
Ses ailes de géant l'empêchent de marcher.
Charles Baudelaire
Les Fleurs du Mal
Albatrosses
Often our sailors, for an hour of fun,
Catch albatrosses on the after breeze
Through which these trail the ship from sun to sun
As it skims down the deep and briny seas.
Scarce have these birds been set upon the poop,
Than, awkward now, they, the sky's emperors,
Piteous and shamed, let their great white wings droop
Beside them like a pair of idle oars.
These wingèd voyagers, how gauche their gait!
Once noble, now how ludicrous to view!
One sailor bums them with his pipe, his mate
Limps, mimicking these cripples who once flew.
Poets are like these lords of sky and cloud,
Who ride the storm and mock the bow's taut strings,
Exiled on earth amid a jeering crowd,
Prisoned and palsied by their giant wings.
Charles Beauselaire
Flowers Of Evil
(Translated by Jacques LeClercq -Mt Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1958)
Peace
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Good hit!
Hey thank you @ceramixer :)
I saw your blog and your wonderful pictures too.
Very cool.
Cheers
@skyblues
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thank you for your evaluation
Great shots, and a lovely poem! I haven't read Baudelaire in years.
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