VOIX BAUDELAIRIENNES - Charlotte Casiraghi - “L’homme et la mer“ de Charles Baudelaire - FR

On the occasion of the bicentennial of Charles Baudelaire’s birth on April 9th, 1821, the musée d’Orsay has decided to celebrate the leading 19th century poet by hosting a series of weekly readings by creative figures from all over the world. Each creative figure designs their video. Charles Baudelaire was a friend of many artists whose works are held at the musée d’Orsay. He has contributed to define what art, culture and poetry, have been from the 19th century to today. This week’s reading is by Charlotte Casiraghi, President of the Rencontres Philosophiques de Monaco @philomonaco. She reads Baudelaire’s poem “Man and the Sea.” Free man, you will always cherish the sea! The sea is your mirror; you contemplate your soul In the infinite unfolding of its wave, And your spirit is not a less bitter abyss. You like to plunge in the bosom of your image; You embrace it with your eyes and arms, and your heart Is sometimes distracted from its own rumour At the sound of this untamed and wild complaint. You are both dark and discreet: Man, no one has fathomed the depths of your abysses; O sea, no one knows your intimate riches, So jealous are you to keep your secrets! And yet, for countless centuries That you fight each other without pity or remorse, So much you love carnage and death, O eternal fighters, O implacable brothers! À l’occasion du bicentenaire de la naissance de Charles Baudelaire le 9 avril 1821, le musée d’Orsay a décidé de rendre hommage à cette figure majeure de la poésie du XIXe siècle en concevant un programme hebdomadaire de lectures de figures créatives du monde entier, chacune concevant sa vidéo. Charles Baudelaire était ami de nombreux artistes dont les œuvres sont conservées au musée d’Orsay. Il a contribué à définir ce que sont l’art, la civilisation et de la poésie, du XIXe siècle à nos jours. Cette semaine, la lecture est réalisée par Charlotte Casiraghi, Présidente des Rencontres Philosophiques de Monaco @philomonaco. Elle lit le poème « L’homme et la mer. »