This text is in English and French. This edition of Rimbaud's masterpiece marks the first translation of Illuminations that has been praised for its exquisite interpretation, particularly by American translators.
At the edge of the forest - the dream flowers tinkle, burst and glow - the girl with the orange lips, her knees crossed in the bright flood which wells from the meadows. nakedness which is shaded, crisscrossed and clad by the rainbows, the green, the sea