{"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":"sed-non-satiata","title":{"source":"Sed non satiata","translated":"But Not Sated"},"section":"Spleen and Ideal","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire/sed-non-satiata","lines":14},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire/tu-mettrais-l-univers-entier-dans-ta-ruelle","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/baudelaire/avec-ses-vetements-ondoyants-et-nacres","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":"sed-non-satiata-s1-l1","source":"Bizarre déité, brune comme les nuits,","translation":"Bizarre divinity, brown as the nights,","stanza":1,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Bizarre déité","title":"«déité» — a divinity","body":"«déité» is a deity, a goddess; «bizarre» here is 'strange, outlandish' rather than merely 'odd'. The sonnet opens by deifying the dark-skinned mistress — «brune comme les nuits» ('brown as the nights') — and the rhyme word «nuits» returns, against the usual rule, in lines 4 and 5, binding the whole octave to night."}],"words":[{"surface":"Bizarre","lemma":"bizarre","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies déité","gloss":"bizarre"},{"surface":"déité","lemma":"déité","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"divinity"},{"surface":"brune","lemma":"brun","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"in apposition to déité","gloss":"brown"},{"surface":"comme","lemma":"comme","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking nuits","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"les","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of nuits","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"nuits","lemma":"nuit","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"modifies brune","gloss":"nights"}]},{"number":2,"label":"2","id":"sed-non-satiata-s1-l2","source":"Au parfum mélangé de musc et de havane,","translation":"With a perfume blended of musk and Havana,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Au","lemma":"au","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking parfum","gloss":"with the"},{"surface":"parfum","lemma":"parfum","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"perfume"},{"surface":"mélangé","lemma":"mélanger","morphology":"verb, past, participle, masculine, singular","role":"clause modifying parfum","gloss":"blended"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking musc","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"musc","lemma":"musc","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"modifies parfum","gloss":"musk"},{"surface":"et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking havane","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"havane","lemma":"havane","morphology":"noun, singular","role":"coordinated with musc","gloss":"Havana"}]},{"number":3,"label":"3","id":"sed-non-satiata-s1-l3","source":"Oeuvre de quelque obi, le Faust de la savane,","translation":"work of some obi, the Faust of the savanna,","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"quelque obi","title":"«obi» — a sorcerer of the Antilles","body":"«un obi» (also «obeah») is a West Indian sorcerer or witch-doctor, a worker of Afro-Caribbean magic. «Oeuvre de quelque obi» = 'the work of some sorcerer': the woman is cast as a charm conjured into being, and the same line crowns her maker «le Faust de la savane» — 'the Faust of the savanna', a wilderness Faust who has traded with the devil to make her."}],"words":[{"surface":"Oeuvre","lemma":"oeuvre","morphology":"noun, singular","role":"in apposition to 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Faust","gloss":"savanna"}]},{"number":4,"label":"4","id":"sed-non-satiata-s1-l4","source":"Sorcière au flanc d'ébène, enfant des noirs minuits,","translation":"witch with ebony flank, child of the black midnights,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Sorcière","lemma":"sorcière","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"in apposition to déité (s1-l1)","gloss":"witch"},{"surface":"au","lemma":"au","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking flanc","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"flanc","lemma":"flanc","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"modifies Sorcière","gloss":"flank"},{"surface":"d'","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking ébène","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"ébène","lemma":"ébène","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"modifies flanc","gloss":"ebony"},{"surface":"enfant","lemma":"enfant","morphology":"noun, singular","role":"in apposition to 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constance","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"constance","lemma":"Constance","morphology":"proper noun, masculine, singular","role":"oblique argument of préfère","gloss":"Constantia","note":"'Constance' here is Constantia, the South African dessert wine."},{"surface":"à","lemma":"à","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking opium","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"l'","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of opium","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"opium","lemma":"opium","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"depends on préfère","gloss":"opium"},{"surface":"au","lemma":"au","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking nuits","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"nuits","lemma":"Nuits","morphology":"proper noun, masculine, singular","role":"coordinated with opium","gloss":"Nuits","note":"'Nuits' refers to the Nuits-Saint-Georges wine."}]},{"number":6,"label":"6","id":"sed-non-satiata-s2-l2","source":"L'élixir de ta bouche où l'amour se pavane;","translation":"the elixir of your mouth where love struts in pride;","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"se pavane","title":"Pronominal «se pavaner» — to strut","body":"«se pavaner» is a pronominal verb meaning 'to strut, to show off, to parade' — built on «paon», the peacock. «où l'amour se pavane» = 'where love struts / displays itself'. Like the peacock spreading its tail, love preens in the woman's mouth; the reflexive «se» makes the showing-off something love does to itself, for its own glory."}],"words":[{"surface":"L'","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of élixir","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"élixir","lemma":"élixir","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"elixir"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking bouche","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"ta","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of bouche","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"bouche","lemma":"bouche","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies élixir","gloss":"mouth"},{"surface":"où","lemma":"où","morphology":"pronoun","role":"indirect object of pavane, refers to bouche","gloss":"where"},{"surface":"l'","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of amour","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"amour","lemma":"amour","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"subject of pavane","gloss":"love"},{"surface":"se","lemma":"se","morphology":"pronoun, reflexive","role":"depends on pavane","gloss":"itself"},{"surface":"pavane","lemma":"pavaner","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"relative clause on bouche","gloss":"struts"}]},{"number":7,"label":"7","id":"sed-non-satiata-s2-l3","source":"Quand vers toi mes désirs partent en caravane,","translation":"when toward you my desires set out in caravan,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Quand","lemma":"quand","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"introduces the clause of partent","gloss":"when"},{"surface":"vers","lemma":"vers","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking toi","gloss":"toward"},{"surface":"toi","lemma":"toi","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"depends on partent","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"mes","lemma":"mon","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of désirs","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"désirs","lemma":"désir","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"subject of partent","gloss":"desires"},{"surface":"partent","lemma":"partir","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"set out"},{"surface":"en","lemma":"en","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking caravane","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"caravane","lemma":"caravane","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique argument of partent","gloss":"caravan"}]},{"number":8,"label":"8","id":"sed-non-satiata-s2-l4","source":"Tes yeux sont la citerne où boivent mes ennuis.","translation":"your eyes are the cistern where my sorrows drink.","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"la citerne ... mes ennuis","title":"«la citerne» — the desert cistern","body":"«la citerne» is a cistern or water-tank, the well at a desert oasis. It completes the line's caravan image: «mes désirs partent en caravane» and arrive at «la citerne où boivent mes ennuis» — 'the cistern where my sorrows drink'. «ennuis» is the plural of «ennui», the soul-weariness that haunts the book; here the woman's eyes are the only water that slakes it."}],"words":[{"surface":"Tes","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of yeux","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"yeux","lemma":"oeil","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"subject of sont","gloss":"eyes"},{"surface":"sont","lemma":"être","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"copula linking to citerne","gloss":"are"},{"surface":"la","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, feminine, singular","role":"determiner of citerne","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"citerne","lemma":"citerne","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"cistern"},{"surface":"où","lemma":"où","morphology":"pronoun","role":"depends on boivent","gloss":"where"},{"surface":"boivent","lemma":"boire","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"relative clause on citerne","gloss":"drink"},{"surface":"mes","lemma":"mon","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of ennuis","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"ennuis","lemma":"ennui","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"subject of boivent","gloss":"sorrows"}]},{"number":9,"label":"9","id":"sed-non-satiata-s3-l1","source":"Par ces deux grands yeux noirs, soupiraux de ton âme,","translation":"Through those two great black eyes, vents of your soul,","stanza":3,"audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"soupiraux de ton âme","title":"«le soupirail» — a cellar vent","body":"«un soupirail» (plural «soupiraux») is a small basement window or air-vent, the grated opening through which a cellar — or a furnace — breathes. Calling the black eyes «soupiraux de ton âme» = 'vents of your soul' turns the woman into a sealed furnace, the eyes mere grilles through which her inner fire escapes; «soupirail» even hides «soupir», a sigh."}],"words":[{"surface":"Par","lemma":"par","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking yeux","gloss":"through"},{"surface":"ces","lemma":"ce","morphology":"determiner, plural","role":"determiner of yeux","gloss":"those"},{"surface":"deux","lemma":"deux","morphology":"numeral","role":"quantifies yeux","gloss":"two"},{"surface":"grands","lemma":"grand","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies yeux","gloss":"great"},{"surface":"yeux","lemma":"oeil","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"eyes"},{"surface":"noirs","lemma":"noir","morphology":"adjective, masculine, plural","role":"modifies yeux","gloss":"black"},{"surface":"soupiraux","lemma":"soupirail","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"in apposition to yeux","gloss":"vents"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking âme","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"ton","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of âme","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"âme","lemma":"âme","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"modifies soupiraux","gloss":"soul"}]},{"number":10,"label":"10","id":"sed-non-satiata-s3-l2","source":"Ô démon sans pitié! verse-moi moins de flamme;","translation":"O pitiless demon! pour me less of your flame;","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"verse-moi moins de flamme","title":"Imperative with attached «-moi»","body":"«verse» is the imperative of «verser» (to pour); in a positive command the object pronoun follows and is hyphenated, and «me» becomes the stressed «moi»: «verse-moi» = 'pour me / pour for me'. «verse-moi moins de flamme» = 'pour me less flame'. The lover does not beg for more passion but for mercy from too much of it — a plea against being consumed."}],"words":[{"surface":"Ô","lemma":"ô","morphology":"interjection","role":"introduces démon","gloss":"O"},{"surface":"démon","lemma":"démon","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"demon"},{"surface":"sans","lemma":"sans","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking pitié","gloss":"without"},{"surface":"pitié","lemma":"pitié","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"object of sans, modifies démon","gloss":"pity"},{"surface":"verse","lemma":"verser","morphology":"verb, imperative, second-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"pour"},{"surface":"-moi","lemma":"moi","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"depends on verse","gloss":"me"},{"surface":"moins","lemma":"moins","morphology":"adverb","role":"quantifier, direct object of verse","gloss":"less"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking flamme","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"flamme","lemma":"flamme","morphology":"noun, feminine, singular","role":"oblique argument of moins","gloss":"flame"}]},{"number":11,"label":"11","id":"sed-non-satiata-s3-l3","source":"Je ne suis pas le Styx pour t'embrasser neuf fois,","translation":"I am not the Styx, to embrace you nine times over,","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Je","lemma":"je","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"subject of suis","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"ne","lemma":"ne","morphology":"adverb","role":"negates suis (with pas)","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"suis","lemma":"être","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"copula linking to Styx","gloss":"am"},{"surface":"pas","lemma":"pas","morphology":"adverb","role":"negates suis (with ne)","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"le","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, masculine, singular","role":"determiner of Styx","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Styx","lemma":"Styx","morphology":"proper noun, masculine, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"Styx"},{"surface":"pour","lemma":"pour","morphology":"preposition","role":"introduces the clause of embrasser","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"t'","lemma":"te","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"object of embrasser","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"embrasser","lemma":"embrasser","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"purpose clause modifying suis","gloss":"embrace"},{"surface":"neuf","lemma":"neuf","morphology":"adjective, masculine, singular","role":"modifies fois","gloss":"nine"},{"surface":"fois","lemma":"fois","morphology":"noun, feminine, plural","role":"depends on embrasser","gloss":"times"}]},{"number":12,"label":"12","id":"sed-non-satiata-s4-l1","source":"Hélas! et je ne puis, Mégère libertine,","translation":"Alas! and I cannot, libertine Megaera,","stanza":4,"audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Hélas","lemma":"hélas","morphology":"interjection","role":"exclamation","gloss":"alas"},{"surface":"et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"je","lemma":"je","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"subject of puis","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"ne","lemma":"ne","morphology":"adverb","role":"negates puis","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"puis","lemma":"pouvoir","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"can"},{"surface":"Mégère","lemma":"Mégère","morphology":"proper noun, feminine, singular","role":"vocative, in apposition to je","gloss":"Megaera"},{"surface":"libertine","lemma":"libertin","morphology":"adjective, feminine, singular","role":"modifies Mégère","gloss":"libertine"}]},{"number":13,"label":"13","id":"sed-non-satiata-s4-l2","source":"Pour briser ton courage et te mettre aux abois,","translation":"to break your spirit and bring you to bay,","audio":null,"notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"te mettre aux abois","title":"«aux abois» — at bay","body":"«les abois» is the baying of hounds at the kill; «être aux abois» means 'to be at bay, cornered, at the last extremity'. «te mettre aux abois» = 'to bring you to bay, to corner you'. The lover wishes he could exhaust and subdue this woman — «briser ton courage», break her resolve — but the final tercet admits he cannot."}],"words":[{"surface":"Pour","lemma":"pour","morphology":"preposition","role":"introduces the clause of briser","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"briser","lemma":"briser","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"break"},{"surface":"ton","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of courage","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"courage","lemma":"courage","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"direct object of briser","gloss":"spirit"},{"surface":"et","lemma":"et","morphology":"conjunction","role":"links the coordination","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"te","lemma":"te","morphology":"pronoun, singular","role":"indirect object of mettre","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"mettre","lemma":"mettre","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"coordinated with briser","gloss":"bring"},{"surface":"aux","lemma":"à","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking abois","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"abois","lemma":"abois","morphology":"noun, masculine, plural","role":"oblique argument of mettre","gloss":"bay","note":"'aux abois' is an idiom meaning 'at bay, cornered'."}]},{"number":14,"label":"14","id":"sed-non-satiata-s4-l3","source":"Dans l'enfer de ton lit devenir Proserpine!","translation":"and in the hell of your bed become Proserpina!","audio":null,"notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Dans","lemma":"dans","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking enfer","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"l'","lemma":"le","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of enfer","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"enfer","lemma":"enfer","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"depends on devenir","gloss":"hell"},{"surface":"de","lemma":"de","morphology":"preposition","role":"preposition marking lit","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"ton","lemma":"ton","morphology":"determiner, singular","role":"determiner of lit","gloss":"your"},{"surface":"lit","lemma":"lit","morphology":"noun, masculine, singular","role":"modifies enfer","gloss":"bed"},{"surface":"devenir","lemma":"devenir","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"become"},{"surface":"Proserpine","lemma":"Proserpine","morphology":"proper noun","role":"predicate complement of devenir (devenir is a linking verb; Proserpine is not a direct object)","gloss":"Proserpina"}]}]}