# Translation:French poem/Charles Baudelaire/Correspondances

Here is a translation of a French poem from a famous French poet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Baudelaire
This poem is from his most famous book of poems:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Fleurs_du_mal

## Word by word equivalence
#### 1st paragraph

* une correspondance = correspondence, match, connection
* la nature = the nature
* est = is, from the verb être = to be
* un temple = a temple
* où = where
* vivant = alive, living
* un pilier = a pillar
* laisser =
** to leave, to leave behind
** to forget, to leave alone
** to leave with, to give
** to let, to allow
* parfois = sometimes
* sortir =
** (intransitive) To exit, go out, come out
** (transitive) To take out, bring out
* confus =
** confused (chaotic, jumbled or muddled)
** confusing
** confuse (feminine)
** confuses (plural feminine)
* une parole = voice, spoken word
* un homme = a man
* passer (verb from the 1st group) = to go past, to skip a go, to cross (a border)
* se passer = to take place, to happen
* à travers = through, across, throughout
* une forêt = a forest
* un symbole = a symbol
* observer = to observe, to watch
* un regard = a look, glance
* familier = familiar

#### 2nd paragraph

* comme = as / like
* long = long (but don't pronounce the 'g')
* un écho = echo
* qui = that
* de loin = from far
* confondre (verbe 3rd group) =
** to confuse, confound
** (reflexive, with "avec") to mix up, to get confused (with)
* dans = in
* ténébreux (masculin), ténébreuse (feminin) = dark, somber (often used methaforicaly, not really related to the current light)
* et = and
* profond (masculin), profonde (féminin) = deep, profound
* une unité = a unity
* vaste (adj. same for masculin and feminin, but as usual add a 's' at the end for plural) = vast
* comme = like / as
* la nuit = the night
* et = and
* comme = as
* la clarté = clarity, light, illumination
* un parfum = a perfume
* une couleur = a color / colour
* et = and
* un son = a sound
* répondre (verb of the 3rd group) = (intransitive) to reply, to answer, to respond
* se répondre = respond together / mutually, respond to eachother

#### 3rd paragraph

* il est = there are (poetic form, usually we use "il y a")
* un parfum = a perfume
* frais = fresh, cool, recent
* comme = as
* la chair = the flesh
* de / d' = of
* un enfant = a child
* doux = sweet, soft, mild, gentle
** masculin - singulier : doux
** masculin - pluriel : doux
** féminin - singulier : douce
** féminin - pluriel : douces
* comme = as
* un hautbois (same for singular and plural) = an oboe
* vert = green
* comme = as
* une prairie = meadow, grassland, pasture, prairie
* et = and
* autre = other
* d’autres = some others
* corrompu = corrupt
* riche = rich
* triomphant = present participle of "triompher" (triumphing)
* triompher (verb of the 1st group) = to triumph

#### 4th paragraph

* ayant = present participle of avoir (pronounce : é-i-an, don't pronounce the 't')
* l’expansion (f.) = expansion
* une chose = a thing
* infini m. (adj.) (f. infinie, m. plural infinis, f. plural infinies) = endless, ceaseless, unending
* l'infini (noun) = the infinity
* comme l’ambre = as amber (fossil resin)
* le musc = the musk
* le benjoin = the benzoin (resine)
* et = and
* l’encens = incense (a perfume)
* qui = that
* chanter (verb from the 1st group) = to sing
* un transport = a transport
* de l’esprit = of spirit
* un sens = sense (like touch, smell, taste, see, hear)