Be Drunk Poem by Charles Baudelaire
Be Drunk
You have to be always drunk. That's all there is to it--it's the
only way. So as not to feel the horrible burden of time that breaks
your back and bends you to the earth, you have to be continually
drunk.
But on what?Wine, poetry or virtue, as you wish. But be
drunk.
And if sometimes, on the steps of a palace or the green grass of
a ditch, in the mournful solitude of your room, you wake again,
drunkenness already diminishing or gone, ask the wind, the wave,
the star, the bird, the clock, everything that is flying, everything
that is groaning, everything that is rolling, everything that is
singing, everything that is speaking. . .ask what time it is and
wind, wave, star, bird, clock will answer you:"It is time to be
drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of time, be drunk, be
continually drunk! On wine, on poetry or on virtue as you wish."
Horrible advice. There is no need to escape reality by being drunk all the time. Life is beautiful. Learn to appreciate the beauties of this life. If you must be drunk on something, let it be poetry for sure!
One of the Truest and Greatest Poems ever written. Long live, Poetry!
It is time to be drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of time, be drunk, be continually drunk! On wine, on poetry or on virtue as you wish.'---Beautiful poem! Don't allow our spirit to be tampered; let us get inspired by nature!
Beautiful poem. Easier to get drunk on wine, harder on poetry and hardest on virtue. No wonder drunkenness is a problem! most chosing the w
One might drunk! Drunk of spirit, or power or money! Of the nectar of life! Or, even Hemlock, as Shelley was! ! ! What a feel this poem gives! Every time we read it, we get something new, something fresh from it. But, that is Baudelaire.
So true dear friend! The problem is, today people are drunk on mostly all the wrong things
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everything that is flying, everything that is groaning, everything that is rolling, everything that is singing, everything that is speaking That is me drunk on passion. To be so moved by a dead man is nearly necrophilia.