Pont Du Carrousel
Pont Du Carrousel - meaning Summary
Blind Sentinel on the Bridge
The poem presents a blind man standing alone on a bridge, depicted as a gray, monumental figure who marks a boundary between earthly bustle and distant, starry realms. He is immovable and silent, seeming to center cosmic order while the noisy world flows beneath him. The speaker contrasts the blind man’s deep, commanding stillness with a shallow, drifting generation, suggesting spiritual depth or insight that remains unacknowledged by society.
Read Complete AnalysesUpon the bridge the blind man stands alone, Gray like a mist veiled monument he towers As though of nameless realms the boundary stone About which circle distant starry hours. He seems the center around which stars glow While all earth's ostentations surge below. Immovably and silently he stands Placed where the confused current ebbs and flows; Past fathomless dark depths that he commands A shallow generation drifting goes....
Translated by Jessie Lamont
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