{"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":"la-fin-de-la-journee","title":{"source":"La Fin de la journée","translated":"The End of the Day"},"section":"Death","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire/la-fin-de-la-journee","lines":14},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire/la-mort-des-artistes","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire/le-reve-d-un-curieux","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":"la-fin-de-la-journee-s1-l1","source":"Sous une lumière blafarde","translation":"Beneath a wan, sickly light","stanza":1,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"blafarde","title":"«blafard(e)» — wan, pallid","body":"«blafard» = 'pale, wan, livid' — the sallow, drained light of a sick-room or a corpse, never warm daylight. «blafarde» is the feminine form, agreeing with «lumière» ('light', a feminine noun). The whole day is lit by this dead glare, which is why life below it merely «court, danse et se tord» without reason."}],"words":[{"surface":"Sous","lemma":"sous","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking lumière","gloss":"beneath"},{"surface":"une","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of lumière","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"lumière","lemma":"lumière","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"light"},{"surface":"blafarde","lemma":"blafard","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies lumière","gloss":"wan"}]},{"number":2,"label":"2","id":"la-fin-de-la-journee-s1-l2","source":"Court, danse et se tord sans raison","translation":"Life runs, dances and writhes without reason,","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"se tord","title":"Reflexive «se tordre» — to writhe, twist","body":"«se tordre» is the pronominal form of «tordre» ('to twist, wring'): with «se» the subject twists itself — 'to writhe, to contort'. The three verbs «court, danse et se tord» (runs, dances, writhes) share one subject, «La Vie», held back to the next line — a deferral that makes Life lurch before we even learn it is Life."}],"words":[{"surface":"Court","lemma":"courir","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence, subject is Vie (s1-l3)","gloss":"runs"},{"surface":"danse","lemma":"danser","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with Court","gloss":"dances"},{"surface":"et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"se","morphology":"pronoun, reflexive","role":"depends on tord","gloss":"itself"},{"surface":"tord","lemma":"tordre","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated with Court","gloss":"writhes"},{"surface":"sans","lemma":"sans","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking raison","gloss":"without"},{"surface":"raison","lemma":"raison","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"object of sans","gloss":"reason"}]},{"number":3,"label":"3","id":"la-fin-de-la-journee-s1-l3","source":"La Vie, impudente et criarde.","translation":"Life, shameless and shrill.","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"criarde","title":"«criard(e)» — shrill, gaudy","body":"«criard» (from «crier», 'to shout') means 'shrill, screeching' of a sound and 'loud, garish' of a color — both senses fit. «La Vie» is capitalized and personified, a shameless, blaring woman; «criarde» is feminine to agree with her. The noisy daylit world she rules is exactly what the Poet longs to escape into night."}],"words":[{"surface":"La","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of Vie","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Vie","lemma":"vie","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of Court (s1-l2)","gloss":"Life"},{"surface":"impudente","lemma":"impudent","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies Vie","gloss":"shameless"},{"surface":"et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"criarde","lemma":"criard","morphology":"adjective, singular","role":"coordinated with impudente","gloss":"shrill"}]},{"number":4,"label":"4","id":"la-fin-de-la-journee-s1-l4","source":"Aussi, sitôt qu'à l'horizon","translation":"And so, as soon as on the horizon","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Aussi, sitôt que","title":"«aussi» (sentence-initial) and «sitôt que»","body":"At the head of a clause «aussi» means 'and so, therefore', not 'also' — it draws a consequence from the shrill daylight just described. «sitôt que» = 'as soon as'. The sentence opens here and only completes across the stanza break, so the thought 'and so, as soon as night rises… the Poet says' steps over the white space — a small enactment of the day giving way to night."}],"words":[{"surface":"Aussi","lemma":"aussi","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies the sentence (\"so\")","gloss":"so"},{"surface":"sitôt","lemma":"sitôt","morphology":"adverb","role":"introduces the clause with que","gloss":"as soon"},{"surface":"qu'","lemma":"que","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"part of the phrase sitôt","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"à","lemma":"à","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking horizon","gloss":"on"},{"surface":"l'","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of horizon","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"horizon","lemma":"horizon","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"object of à","gloss":"horizon"}]},{"number":5,"label":"5","id":"la-fin-de-la-journee-s2-l1","source":"La nuit voluptueuse monte,","translation":"the voluptuous night ascends,","stanza":2,"audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"La","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of nuit","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"nuit","lemma":"nuit","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"subject of monte","gloss":"night"},{"surface":"voluptueuse","lemma":"voluptueux","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies nuit","gloss":"voluptuous"},{"surface":"monte","lemma":"monter","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"ascends"}]},{"number":6,"label":"6","id":"la-fin-de-la-journee-s2-l2","source":"Apaisant tout, même la faim,","translation":"soothing all, even hunger,","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Apaisant tout … Effaçant tout","title":"Present participles «apaisant», «effaçant»","body":"«apaisant» ('soothing, appeasing', from «apaiser») and «effaçant» ('erasing, effacing', from «effacer») are present participles describing the night as it rises. The matched pair «Apaisant tout, même… / Effaçant tout, même…» builds an anaphora — night first calms a bodily want (hunger), then wipes out a moral one (shame), climbing from flesh to conscience."}],"words":[{"surface":"Apaisant","lemma":"apaiser","morphology":"verb, present, participle","role":"clausal modifier of nuit (s2-l1)","gloss":"soothing"},{"surface":"tout","lemma":"tout","morphology":"pronoun","role":"direct object of Apaisant","gloss":"everything"},{"surface":"même","lemma":"même","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies faim","gloss":"even"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of faim","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"faim","lemma":"faim","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"in apposition to tout","gloss":"hunger"}]},{"number":7,"label":"7","id":"la-fin-de-la-journee-s2-l3","source":"Effaçant tout, même la honte,","translation":"erasing all, even shame,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Effaçant","lemma":"effacer","morphology":"verb, present, participle","role":"clausal modifier of nuit, coordinated with Apaisant","gloss":"erasing"},{"surface":"tout","lemma":"tout","morphology":"pronoun","role":"direct object of Effaçant","gloss":"everything"},{"surface":"même","lemma":"même","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies honte","gloss":"even"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of honte","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"honte","lemma":"honte","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"in apposition to tout","gloss":"shame"}]},{"number":8,"label":"8","id":"la-fin-de-la-journee-s2-l4","source":"Le Poète se dit: «Enfin!","translation":"the Poet says to himself: \"At last!","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"se dit","title":"Reflexive «se dire» — to say to oneself","body":"«se dire» is «dire» ('to say') made reflexive: 'to say to oneself'. The «se» turns the speech inward — this is the Poet's private exhalation, not a line spoken aloud. The opening guillemet ««» after «« Enfin! »» starts a quotation that runs unbroken to the poem's last word, so the whole sestet is the Poet's own voice."}],"words":[{"surface":"Le","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of Poète","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Poète","lemma":"poète","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of dit","gloss":"Poet"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"se","morphology":"pronoun, reflexive","role":"depends on dit","gloss":"himself"},{"surface":"dit","lemma":"dire","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"says"},{"surface":"Enfin","lemma":"enfin","morphology":"adverb","role":"quoted interjection","gloss":"at last"}]},{"number":9,"label":"9","id":"la-fin-de-la-journee-s3-l1","source":"Mon esprit, comme mes vertèbres,","translation":"My spirit, like my vertebrae,","stanza":3,"audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Mon","lemma":"mon","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of esprit","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"esprit","lemma":"esprit","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of Invoque (s3-l2)","gloss":"spirit"},{"surface":"comme","lemma":"comme","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking vertèbres","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"mes","lemma":"mon","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of vertèbres","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"vertèbres","lemma":"vertèbre","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"modifies esprit","gloss":"vertebrae"}]},{"number":10,"label":"10","id":"la-fin-de-la-journee-s3-l2","source":"Invoque ardemment le repos;","translation":"ardently calls out for rest;","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Invoque ardemment","title":"«invoquer» and «ardemment»","body":"«invoquer» = 'to invoke, call upon, appeal to' — a word with a sacred ring, as one invokes a god, here turned upon «le repos» ('rest'). «ardemment» ('ardently, fervently') is the adverb from «ardent»; note the doubled m and the irregular spelling. Mind and backbone alike — thought and weary body — pray for the same rest."}],"words":[{"surface":"Invoque","lemma":"invoquer","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"calls out"},{"surface":"ardemment","lemma":"ardemment","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies Invoque","gloss":"ardently"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of repos","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"repos","lemma":"repos","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of Invoque","gloss":"rest"}]},{"number":11,"label":"11","id":"la-fin-de-la-journee-s3-l3","source":"Le coeur plein de songes funèbres,","translation":"my heart full of funereal dreams,","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"songes funèbres","title":"«le songe» and «funèbre»","body":"«le songe» is a dream, but a loftier, more literary word than the ordinary «le rêve» — closer to 'a vision'. «funèbre» = 'funereal, of death and burial' (think of «pompes funèbres», an undertaker's). The rest the Poet craves is already shadowed by the grave: his longed-for sleep is half a rehearsal for death, which the next stanza makes explicit."}],"words":[{"surface":"Le","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of coeur","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"coeur","lemma":"coeur","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"head of the phrase, absolute construction describing Je (s4-l1)","gloss":"heart"},{"surface":"plein","lemma":"plein","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies coeur","gloss":"full"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking songes","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"songes","lemma":"songe","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"modifies coeur","gloss":"dreams"},{"surface":"funèbres","lemma":"funèbre","morphology":"adjective, plural","role":"modifies songes","gloss":"funereal"}]},{"number":12,"label":"12","id":"la-fin-de-la-journee-s4-l1","source":"Je vais me coucher sur le dos","translation":"I am going to lie down on my back","stanza":4,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Je vais me coucher","title":"Near future «aller» + reflexive «se coucher»","body":"«je vais» + infinitive is the near future ('I am going to…'). «se coucher» is reflexive — 'to lay oneself down, to go to bed'; «me» is its first-person pronoun. 'Lying on one's back' is also the posture of the laid-out dead, so this plain bedtime gesture quietly doubles as a burial — the funereal dreams of the line before taking bodily shape."}],"words":[{"surface":"Je","lemma":"je","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"subject of vais","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"vais","lemma":"aller","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"am going"},{"surface":"me","lemma":"me","morphology":"pronoun, singular, reflexive","role":"depends on coucher","gloss":"myself"},{"surface":"coucher","lemma":"coucher","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of vais","gloss":"lie down"},{"surface":"sur","lemma":"sur","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking dos","gloss":"on"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of dos","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"dos","lemma":"dos","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique argument of coucher","gloss":"back"}]},{"number":13,"label":"13","id":"la-fin-de-la-journee-s4-l2","source":"Et me rouler dans vos rideaux,","translation":"and wrap myself in your curtains,","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"vos rideaux","title":"«vous» of address — «vos rideaux»","body":"«vos» ('your', plural/formal) tells us the Poet has turned to address someone directly — and the final line names them: the «ténèbres» ('darkness'). «se rouler dans» is 'to roll oneself up in, to wrap up in'. He swathes himself in the curtains of the dark as in a shroud or bedclothes, a gesture both childlike and sepulchral."}],"words":[{"surface":"Et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"me","lemma":"me","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"depends on rouler","gloss":"myself"},{"surface":"rouler","lemma":"rouler","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"wrap"},{"surface":"dans","lemma":"dans","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking rideaux","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"vos","lemma":"votre","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of rideaux","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"rideaux","lemma":"rideau","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"oblique argument of rouler","gloss":"curtains"}]},{"number":14,"label":"14","id":"la-fin-de-la-journee-s4-l3","source":"Ô rafraîchissantes ténèbres!»","translation":"O refreshing darkness!\"","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"rafraîchissantes ténèbres","title":"«les ténèbres» and «rafraîchissant»","body":"«les ténèbres» is a plural-only, elevated noun for 'darkness, gloom' — deeper and more solemn than «l'obscurité», often the dark of death or the underworld. «rafraîchissant» ('refreshing, cooling') turns that darkness into balm: the night the noisy day refused is welcomed, with the apostrophe «Ô», as a cool release. The closing guillemet «»» shuts the quotation the Poet opened at «Enfin»."}],"words":[{"surface":"Ô","lemma":"ô","morphology":"interjection","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"O"},{"surface":"rafraîchissantes","lemma":"rafraîchissant","morphology":"adjective, feminine, plural","role":"modifies ténèbres","gloss":"refreshing"},{"surface":"ténèbres","lemma":"ténèbres","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"depends on Ô","gloss":"darkness"}]}]}