Twilight

Poem by Guillaume Apollinaire Collection AlcoolsThemes Art, Carnival, LovePeriod 20th centuryPrint

To Mademoiselle Marie Laurencin

Brushed by the shadows of the dead
On the grass where the day wears away
The female harlequin has stripped naked
And in the pond mirrors her body

A twilight charlatan
Touts the tricks that will be done
The colorless sky is studded
With stars pale as milk

On the trestles the pallid harlequin
First greets the spectators
Sorcerers come from Bohemia
A few fairies and the enchanters

Having unhooked a star
He twirls it with arm outstretched
While with his feet a hanged man
Rings the cymbals in time

The blind man rocks a beautiful child
The doe passes with her fawns
The dwarf watches with a sad air
The thrice-greatest harlequin grow

Guillaume Apollinaire

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