Madrigal Sonnet, Poem by Charles Cros

Poem by Charles Cros Collection The Sandalwood CasketPeriod 19th century

I wanted gardens full of blossoming roses,
I dreamed of Eden with its living enchantments,
Of blue lakes, of horizons in gem-like hues;
But I want nothing more; it is enough that you laugh.

For roses and lilies of the valley, your lips and your teeth
More than Eden, are the goal of imprudent desires,
And your eyes are lakes of sapphire, and within
Open endless horizons, ardent skies.

Bodies musk-scented beneath the gauze where gold lamé spreads,
Ships, hashish… I dreamed the Oriental intoxication,
And my dream is embodied in your fatal beauty.

For, even more than in my most fantastic wishes,
I have found perfumes in the gold of your hair,
Intoxication in being encircled by your beautiful nervous arms.

Charles Cros

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