{"work":{"slug":"baudelaire","title":{"source":"Les Fleurs du mal","translated":"The Flowers of Evil"},"author":"Charles Baudelaire","language":"French","languageCode":"fr","url":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire"},"unit":{"kind":"poem","number":null,"id":"je-t-adore-a-l-egal-de-la-voute-nocturne","title":{"source":"Je t'adore à l'égal de la voûte nocturne","translated":"I adore you as I do the vault of night"},"section":"Spleen and Ideal","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire/je-t-adore-a-l-egal-de-la-voute-nocturne","lines":10},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire/la-chevelure","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire/tu-mettrais-l-univers-entier-dans-ta-ruelle","license":"Source text: public domain (Charles Baudelaire, d. 1867). English translation: © 2026 1732 Studios, LLC — original draft, pending editorial review.","audioBase":null,"lines":[{"number":1,"label":"1","id":"je-t-adore-a-l-egal-de-la-voute-nocturne-s1-l1","source":"Je t'adore à l'égal de la voûte nocturne,","translation":"I adore you as I do the vault of night,","stanza":1,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"à l'égal de","title":"à l'égal de","body":"«à l'égal de» is a set phrase meaning 'as much as / equally with / on a par with'. «Je t'adore à l'égal de la voûte nocturne» = 'I adore you as much as I do the night sky'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Je","lemma":"je","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"subject of adore","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"t'","lemma":"te","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"direct object of adore","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"adore","lemma":"adorer","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"adore"},{"surface":"à","lemma":"à","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking égal","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"l'","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of égal","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"égal","lemma":"égal","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique argument of adore","gloss":"equal"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking voûte","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of voûte","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"voûte","lemma":"voûte","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies égal","gloss":"vault"},{"surface":"nocturne","lemma":"nocturne","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies voûte","gloss":"of night"}]},{"number":2,"label":"2","id":"je-t-adore-a-l-egal-de-la-voute-nocturne-s1-l2","source":"Ô vase de tristesse, ô grande taciturne,","translation":"O vessel of sorrow, O great silent one,","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"taciturne","title":"taciturne (adj.)","body":"«taciturne» = silent, reserved, given to long silences. Here it is used as a noun with «grande» — «ô grande taciturne» — addressing the woman directly: 'O great silent one'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Ô","lemma":"ô","morphology":"interjection","role":"vocative marker","gloss":"O"},{"surface":"vase","lemma":"vase","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"vocative address, in apposition to t'","gloss":"vessel"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking tristesse","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"tristesse","lemma":"tristesse","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies vase","gloss":"sorrow"},{"surface":"ô","lemma":"ô","morphology":"interjection","role":"vocative marker","gloss":"O"},{"surface":"grande","lemma":"grand","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies taciturne","gloss":"great"},{"surface":"taciturne","lemma":"taciturne","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"vocative address, coordinated with vase","gloss":"silent one"}]},{"number":3,"label":"3","id":"je-t-adore-a-l-egal-de-la-voute-nocturne-s1-l3","source":"Et t'aime d'autant plus, belle, que tu me fuis,","translation":"And love you all the more, my fair one, the more you flee from me,","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"d'autant plus … que","title":"d'autant plus … que","body":"«d'autant plus … que» means 'all the more … in that / because'. «Je t'aime d'autant plus que tu me fuis» = 'I love you all the more because you flee from me'. The verb «fuir» here is 'to flee, to run from'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"t'","lemma":"te","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"direct object of aime","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"aime","lemma":"aimer","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"love"},{"surface":"d'","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"part of the phrase d'autant plus...que","gloss":"all the"},{"surface":"autant","lemma":"autant","morphology":"adverb","role":"part of the phrase d'autant plus...que","gloss":"the more","note":"idiom \"d'autant plus... que\" = \"all the more... as/because\", correlated with que in the next line."},{"surface":"plus","lemma":"plus","morphology":"adverb","role":"part of the phrase d'autant plus...que","gloss":"more"},{"surface":"belle","lemma":"beau","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"vocative address","gloss":"fair one"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of fuis","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"tu","lemma":"tu","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"subject of fuis","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"me","lemma":"me","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"direct object of fuis","gloss":"me"},{"surface":"fuis","lemma":"fuir","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"adverbial clause on aime","gloss":"flee"}]},{"number":4,"label":"4","id":"je-t-adore-a-l-egal-de-la-voute-nocturne-s1-l4","source":"Et que tu me parais, ornement de mes nuits,","translation":"And the more you seem to me, ornament of my nights,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"que","lemma":"que","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"continues the d'autant plus...que construction","gloss":"the more"},{"surface":"tu","lemma":"tu","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"subject of parais","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"me","lemma":"me","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"indirect object of parais","gloss":"to me"},{"surface":"parais","lemma":"paraître","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"main verb of the clause","gloss":"seem"},{"surface":"ornement","lemma":"ornement","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"apposition to tu, the addressee of parais (parallel to 'belle' in the previous line) — not a modifier of the verb parais","gloss":"ornament"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking nuits","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"mes","lemma":"mon","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of nuits","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"nuits","lemma":"nuit","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"modifies ornement","gloss":"nights"}]},{"number":5,"label":"5","id":"je-t-adore-a-l-egal-de-la-voute-nocturne-s1-l5","source":"Plus ironiquement accumuler les lieues","translation":"More mockingly to pile up the leagues","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"lieues","title":"lieue (f.)","body":"«lieue» = a league, the old unit of distance (roughly four kilometres). «accumuler les lieues» — 'to pile up the leagues' — means heaping up vast distance between the lovers."}],"words":[{"surface":"Plus","lemma":"plus","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies ironiquement","gloss":"more"},{"surface":"ironiquement","lemma":"ironiquement","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies accumuler","gloss":"mockingly"},{"surface":"accumuler","lemma":"accumuler","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"infinitive complement of parais — 'tu me parais... accumuler les lieues' (you seem to me to pile up the leagues); not a purpose clause on fuis","gloss":"to pile up"},{"surface":"les","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of lieues","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"lieues","lemma":"lieue","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"direct object of accumuler","gloss":"leagues"}]},{"number":6,"label":"6","id":"je-t-adore-a-l-egal-de-la-voute-nocturne-s1-l6","source":"Qui séparent mes bras des immensités bleues.","translation":"That part my arms from the blue immensities.","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Qui","lemma":"qui","morphology":"pronoun","role":"subject of séparent","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"séparent","lemma":"séparer","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"relative clause on lieues","gloss":"part"},{"surface":"mes","lemma":"mon","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of bras","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"bras","lemma":"bras","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"direct object of séparent","gloss":"arms"},{"surface":"des","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking immensités","gloss":"from the"},{"surface":"immensités","lemma":"immensité","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"oblique argument of séparent","gloss":"immensities"},{"surface":"bleues","lemma":"bleu","morphology":"adjective, feminine, plural","role":"modifies immensités","gloss":"blue"}]},{"number":7,"label":"7","id":"je-t-adore-a-l-egal-de-la-voute-nocturne-s2-l1","source":"Je m'avance à l'attaque, et je grimpe aux assauts,","translation":"I press to the attack, and I climb to the assault,","stanza":2,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Je m'avance","title":"s'avancer","body":"«s'avancer» is the pronominal form of «avancer»: 'to move forward, to advance'. The reflexive «me» makes the motion the speaker's own — 'I press / I move forward'. The military vocabulary («à l'attaque», «aux assauts») casts love as a siege."}],"words":[{"surface":"Je","lemma":"je","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"subject of avance","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"m'","lemma":"me","morphology":"pronoun, singular, reflexive","role":"reflexive particle of avance","gloss":"(reflexive)"},{"surface":"avance","lemma":"avancer","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"press forward"},{"surface":"à","lemma":"à","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking attaque","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"l'","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of attaque","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"attaque","lemma":"attaque","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique argument of avance","gloss":"attack"},{"surface":"et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"je","lemma":"je","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"subject of grimpe","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"grimpe","lemma":"grimper","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"coordinated with avance","gloss":"climb"},{"surface":"aux","lemma":"à","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking assauts","gloss":"to the"},{"surface":"assauts","lemma":"assaut","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"oblique argument of grimpe","gloss":"assault"}]},{"number":8,"label":"8","id":"je-t-adore-a-l-egal-de-la-voute-nocturne-s2-l2","source":"Comme après un cadavre un choeur de vermisseaux,","translation":"Like a choir of little worms after a corpse,","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"vermisseaux","title":"vermisseau (m.)","body":"«vermisseau» is the diminutive of «ver» (worm) — a small worm or maggot. «un choeur de vermisseaux» = 'a choir / swarm of little worms', the corruption that crawls toward a corpse."}],"words":[{"surface":"Comme","lemma":"comme","morphology":"conjunction","role":"introduces the comparison","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"après","lemma":"après","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking cadavre","gloss":"after"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of cadavre","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"cadavre","lemma":"cadavre","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique argument of après","gloss":"corpse"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of choeur","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"choeur","lemma":"choeur","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"head of the comparison, parallel to Je","gloss":"choir"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking vermisseaux","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"vermisseaux","lemma":"vermisseau","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"modifies choeur","gloss":"little worms"}]},{"number":9,"label":"9","id":"je-t-adore-a-l-egal-de-la-voute-nocturne-s2-l3","source":"Et je chéris, ô bête implacable et cruelle!","translation":"And I cherish, O implacable and cruel beast!","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"je","lemma":"je","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"subject of chéris","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"chéris","lemma":"chérir","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"cherish"},{"surface":"ô","lemma":"ô","morphology":"interjection","role":"vocative marker","gloss":"O"},{"surface":"bête","lemma":"bête","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"vocative address","gloss":"beast"},{"surface":"implacable","lemma":"implacable","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"modifies bête","gloss":"implacable"},{"surface":"et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"cruelle","lemma":"cruel","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"coordinated with implacable","gloss":"cruel"}]},{"number":10,"label":"10","id":"je-t-adore-a-l-egal-de-la-voute-nocturne-s2-l4","source":"Jusqu'à cette froideur par où tu m'es plus belle!","translation":"Even that coldness by which you are more beautiful to me!","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"par où","title":"par où","body":"«par où» = 'by which / through which / by way of which'. «cette froideur par où tu m'es plus belle» = 'that coldness by which you are the more beautiful to me'. Note «tu m'es» — «être» with the indirect pronoun «me»: 'you are, to me'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Jusqu'","lemma":"jusque","morphology":"preposition","role":"part of the phrase jusqu'à, marking froideur","gloss":"even"},{"surface":"à","lemma":"à","morphology":"preposition","role":"part of the phrase jusqu'à","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"cette","lemma":"ce","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of froideur","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"froideur","lemma":"froideur","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique argument of chéris","gloss":"coldness"},{"surface":"par","lemma":"par","morphology":"preposition","role":"introduces the relative clause par où","gloss":"by"},{"surface":"où","lemma":"où","morphology":"pronoun","role":"oblique argument of es/belle","gloss":"which"},{"surface":"tu","lemma":"tu","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"subject of es","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"m'","lemma":"me","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"indirect object of es","gloss":"to me"},{"surface":"es","lemma":"être","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, second-person, singular","role":"copula linking to belle","gloss":"are"},{"surface":"plus","lemma":"plus","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies belle","gloss":"more"},{"surface":"belle","lemma":"beau","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"predicate complement of es","gloss":"beautiful"}]}]}