Il faut ¨ºtre toujours ivre. tout est l¨¤ : cand'est land'unique question. pour ne pas sentir land'horrible fardeau du temps qui brise vos ¨¦paules et vous penche vers la terre, il faut vous enivrer sans tr¨ºve. mais de quoi ? de vin, de po¨¦sie ou de vertu, ¨¤ votre guise. mais enivrez-vous. et si quelquefois, sur les marches dand'un palais, sur land'herbe verte dand'un foss¨¦, dans la solitude morne de votre chambre, vous vous r¨¦veillez, land'ivresse d¨¦j¨¤ diminu¨¦e ou disparue, demandez au vent, ¨¤ la vague, ¨¤ land'¨¦toile, ¨¤ land'oiseau, ¨¤ land'horloge, ¨¤ tout ce qui fuit, ¨¤ tout ce qui g¨¦mit, ¨¤ tout ce qui roule, ¨¤ tout ce qui chante, ¨¤ tout ce qui parle, demandez quelle heure il est ; et le vent, la vague, land'¨¦toile, land'oiseau, land'horloge, vous r¨¦pondront: andquot;il est land'heure de sand'enivrer ! pour nand'¨ºtre pas les esclaves martyris¨¦s du temps, enivrez-vous; enivrez-vous sans cesse ! de vin, de po¨¦sie ou de vertu, ¨¤ votre guise.andquot;
And the translation:
get drunk!
One should always be drunk. thatand's all that matters: thatand's our one imperative need. so as not to feel timeand's horrible burden that breaks your shoulders and bows you down, you must get drunk without ceasing. but what with? with wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you choose. but get drunk. and if, at some time, on the steps of a palace, in the green grass of a ditch, in the bleak solitude of your room, you are waking up when drunkeness has already abated, ask the wind, the wave, a star, the clock, all that which flees, all that which groans, all that which rolls, all that which sings, all that which speaks, ask them what time it is; and the wind, the wave, the star, the bird, the clock will reply: andquot;it is time to get drunk! so that you may not be the martyred slaves of time, get drunk, get drunk, and never pause for rest! with wine, with poetry, or with vitrtue, as you choose!andquot;
