Stephane Pois
Stephane's blog… all about the Art of Wine, Wine Tours around the Hunter, Food and Wine Matching and Wine Appreciation Classes

BONJOUR  SPARK AND SPARKY…..

I would like to dedicate that beautiful poem to people who love sharing life?

THE SOUL OF THE WINE

Sang by night in its bottles ear mankind-

Dear and disinherited ! Break the seal

of scarlet wax that darkens my glass jail,

and I shall bring you light and brotherwood!

How long you labored on the fiery hills

among the needful vines!I know it cost

fanatic toil to make me what I am,

And I shall not be thankless or malign:

I take a potent pleasure when I pour

down the gullet of workingman,

and how much more I relish burial

in his hot belly than in my cold vaults!

Listen to my music after hours,

The hope that quickens in my throbbing heart:

Lean on the table with your sleeves rolled up

And honor me: you will know happiness,

For I shall bring agleam to your wife’s eyes,

A glow of power to your son’s wan cheeks

And for this athlete flagging in the race

Shall be the oil that strengthens wrestlers’ limbs.

Into you I shall flow ,ambrosia brewed

From precious seed the eternal Sower cast,

So that poetry born of our love will grow

And blossom like a flower in God’s sight!’

CHARLES BAUDELAIRE

1821-1867

LES FLEURS DU MAL

THE FLOWERS OF EVIL