Lola of Valencia
Lola of Valencia - fact Summary
Included in Les Fleurs Du Mal
This short lyric by Charles Baudelaire appears in the collection Les Fleurs du Mal. It addresses the painted subject Lola of Valencia, presenting her as a striking, paradoxical beauty — a "black and rose" jewel — amid many rivals. The poem compresses admiration and aesthetic judgment into a single image, linking poetic admiration to visual art and highlighting Baudelaire's interest in modern, pictorial provocations.
Read Complete AnalysesAmong such beauties as one can see everywhere I understand, my friends, that desire hesitates; But one sees sparkling in Lola of Valencia The unexpected charm of a black and rose jewel. Translated by - William Aggeler Lola De Valence Friends, though on every side of you you see Such beauties that desire must hesitate, In Lola de Valence there scintillate Strange charms o' a gem of rose and ebony. Translated by - Jack Collings Squire On Manet's Picture "Lola of Valencia" Amongst the myriad flowers on beauty's stem It's hard to choose. Such crowds there are of them But Lola burns with unexpected fuel The radiance of a black and rosy jewel. Translated by - Roy Campbell
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