{"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-mort-des-amants","title":{"source":"La Mort des amants","translated":"The Death of Lovers"},"section":"Death","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire/la-mort-des-amants","lines":14},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire/les-litanies-de-satan","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire/la-mort-des-pauvres","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-mort-des-amants-s1-l1","source":"Nous aurons des lits pleins d'odeurs légères,","translation":"We shall have beds full of light fragrances,","stanza":1,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Nous aurons","title":"Future tense «aurons»","body":"«aurons» is the future of «avoir» — 'we shall have'. The poem opens in the future and stays there («seront», «échangerons», «viendra»): the lovers' death is not mourned but promised, a serene event still to come. The whole sonnet is one unbroken vision of that future."}],"words":[{"surface":"Nous","lemma":"nous","morphology":"pronoun, plural","role":"subject of aurons","gloss":"we"},{"surface":"aurons","lemma":"avoir","morphology":"verb, future, indicative, first-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"shall have"},{"surface":"des","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of lits","gloss":"some"},{"surface":"lits","lemma":"lit","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"direct object of aurons","gloss":"beds"},{"surface":"pleins","lemma":"plein","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies lits","gloss":"full"},{"surface":"d'","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking odeurs","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"odeurs","lemma":"odeur","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"modifies lits","gloss":"fragrances"},{"surface":"légères","lemma":"léger","morphology":"adjective, feminine, plural","role":"modifies odeurs","gloss":"light"}]},{"number":2,"label":"2","id":"la-mort-des-amants-s1-l2","source":"Des divans profonds comme des tombeaux,","translation":"deep divans like tombs,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Des","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of divans","gloss":"some"},{"surface":"divans","lemma":"divan","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"coordinated with lits (s1-l1), object of aurons","gloss":"divans"},{"surface":"profonds","lemma":"profond","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies divans","gloss":"deep"},{"surface":"comme","lemma":"comme","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking tombeaux","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"des","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of tombeaux","gloss":"some"},{"surface":"tombeaux","lemma":"tombeau","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"modifies divans","gloss":"tombs"}]},{"number":3,"label":"3","id":"la-mort-des-amants-s1-l3","source":"Et d'étranges fleurs sur des étagères,","translation":"and strange flowers upon shelves,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"d'","lemma":"de","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of fleurs","gloss":"some"},{"surface":"étranges","lemma":"étrange","morphology":"adjective, plural","role":"modifies fleurs","gloss":"strange"},{"surface":"fleurs","lemma":"fleur","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"coordinated with lits (s1-l1), object of aurons","gloss":"flowers"},{"surface":"sur","lemma":"sur","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking étagères","gloss":"upon"},{"surface":"des","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of étagères","gloss":"some"},{"surface":"étagères","lemma":"étagère","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"modifies fleurs","gloss":"shelves"}]},{"number":4,"label":"4","id":"la-mort-des-amants-s1-l4","source":"Ecloses pour nous sous des cieux plus beaux.","translation":"opened for us beneath fairer skies.","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Ecloses","title":"éclore / éclos(e)","body":"«éclore» = 'to bloom, to hatch, to open out' (of a flower or an egg). «Ecloses» is its feminine plural past participle, agreeing with «fleurs»: the strange flowers have 'come into bloom' for the lovers. The verb keeps a faint sense of birth — blossoming set against the «tombeaux» two lines above."}],"words":[{"surface":"Ecloses","lemma":"éclore","morphology":"verb, past, participle, feminine, plural","role":"modifies fleurs (s1-l3)","gloss":"opened"},{"surface":"pour","lemma":"pour","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking nous","gloss":"for"},{"surface":"nous","lemma":"nous","morphology":"pronoun, plural","role":"object of pour","gloss":"us"},{"surface":"sous","lemma":"sous","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking cieux","gloss":"beneath"},{"surface":"des","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of cieux","gloss":"some"},{"surface":"cieux","lemma":"ciel","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"object of sous","gloss":"skies"},{"surface":"plus","lemma":"plus","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies beaux","gloss":"more"},{"surface":"beaux","lemma":"beau","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies cieux","gloss":"fair"}]},{"number":5,"label":"5","id":"la-mort-des-amants-s2-l1","source":"Usant à l'envi leurs chaleurs dernières,","translation":"Spending vying with each other their last warmths,","stanza":2,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"à l'envi","title":"à l'envi","body":"«à l'envi» is a fixed literary phrase meaning 'in emulation, each trying to outdo the other'. Note it is not «à l'envie» ('out of desire'): the two hearts burn their last heat as if in rivalry, each vying to give more. «Usant» ('using up, spending') marks that the warmth is being exhausted."}],"words":[{"surface":"Usant","lemma":"user","morphology":"verb, present, participle","role":"adverbial participle, describes coeurs (s2-l2)","gloss":"spending"},{"surface":"à","lemma":"à","morphology":"preposition","role":"part of the idiom à l'envi","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"l'","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of envi","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"envi","lemma":"envi","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique argument of Usant","gloss":"rivalry","note":"\"à l'envi\" is a fixed idiom meaning \"vying with each other, in emulation.\""},{"surface":"leurs","lemma":"leur","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of chaleurs","gloss":"their"},{"surface":"chaleurs","lemma":"chaleur","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"direct 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The single «éclair» (flash, lightning-flash) of the lovers' parting glance is heavy with farewells — «tout» here is adverbial, 'wholly, entirely laden'. The flash is also their last shared light, echoing the «flambeaux» of the octave."}],"words":[{"surface":"Comme","lemma":"comme","morphology":"preposition","role":"introduces comparison for éclair (s3-l2)","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of sanglot","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"long","lemma":"long","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies sanglot","gloss":"long"},{"surface":"sanglot","lemma":"sanglot","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"object of Comme","gloss":"sob"},{"surface":"tout","lemma":"tout","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies chargé","gloss":"entirely"},{"surface":"chargé","lemma":"charger","morphology":"verb, past, participle, masculine, singular","role":"modifies éclair (s3-l2)","gloss":"laden"},{"surface":"d'","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking adieux","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"adieux","lemma":"adieu","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"oblique argument of chargé","gloss":"farewells"}]},{"number":12,"label":"12","id":"la-mort-des-amants-s4-l1","source":"Et plus tard un Ange, entr'ouvrant les portes,","translation":"And later an Angel, half-opening the doors,","stanza":4,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"entr'ouvrant","title":"entr'ouvrir + present participle","body":"«entr'ouvrir» = 'to half-open, to set ajar' (the prefix «entre-» 'between' softens «ouvrir', 'to open'). «entr'ouvrant» is its present participle — 'half-opening' — describing the Angel as it acts. The gerund-like participle suspends the Angel mid-gesture, the doors only ajar between this world and the next."}],"words":[{"surface":"Et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"plus","lemma":"plus","morphology":"adverb","role":"modifies tard","gloss":"more"},{"surface":"tard","lemma":"tard","morphology":"adverb","role":"adverbial, modifies Viendra (s4-l2)","gloss":"late"},{"surface":"un","lemma":"un","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of Ange","gloss":"an"},{"surface":"Ange","lemma":"ange","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of Viendra (s4-l2)","gloss":"Angel"},{"surface":"entr'ouvrant","lemma":"entrouvrir","morphology":"verb, present, participle","role":"modifies Ange","gloss":"half-opening"},{"surface":"les","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of portes","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"portes","lemma":"porte","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"direct object of entr'ouvrant","gloss":"doors"}]},{"number":13,"label":"13","id":"la-mort-des-amants-s4-l2","source":"Viendra ranimer, fidèle et joyeux,","translation":"shall come, faithful and joyous, to revive","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Viendra","lemma":"venir","morphology":"auxiliary verb, future, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"shall come"},{"surface":"ranimer","lemma":"ranimer","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"complement of Viendra","gloss":"to revive"},{"surface":"fidèle","lemma":"fidèle","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies Ange (s4-l1)","gloss":"faithful"},{"surface":"et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"joyeux","lemma":"joyeux","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"coordinated with fidèle","gloss":"joyous"}]},{"number":14,"label":"14","id":"la-mort-des-amants-s4-l3","source":"Les miroirs ternis et les flammes mortes.","translation":"the tarnished mirrors and the dead flames.","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"ranimer","title":"ranimer","body":"«ranimer» = 'to revive, to rekindle, to bring back to life' (the prefix «r-» 'again' on «animer», 'to give life to'). The Angel re-lights what death had quenched: «les miroirs ternis» ('the tarnished mirrors' — the twin minds of stanza 2) and «les flammes mortes» ('the dead flames' — the torch-hearts). Death here is a doorway to renewal, not an end."}],"words":[{"surface":"Les","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of miroirs","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"miroirs","lemma":"miroir","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"direct object of ranimer (s4-l2)","gloss":"mirrors"},{"surface":"ternis","lemma":"terni","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies miroirs","gloss":"tarnished"},{"surface":"et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"les","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of flammes","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"flammes","lemma":"flamme","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"coordinated with miroirs","gloss":"flames"},{"surface":"mortes","lemma":"mort","morphology":"adjective, feminine, plural","role":"modifies flammes","gloss":"dead"}]}]}