#be drunk

CHARLES BAUDELAIRE BE DRUNK/ENIVREZ-VOUS

Il faut être toujours ivre. Tout est là: c’est l’unique question.

Pour ne pas sentir l’horrible fardeau du Temps qui brise vos épaules et vous penche vers la terre, il faut vous enivrer sans trêve.

Mais de quoi? De vin, de poésie, ou de vertu, à votre guise. Mais enivrez-vous.

Et si quelquefois, sur les marches d’un palais, sur l’herbe verte d’un fossé, dans la solitude morne de votre chambre, vous vous réveillez, l’ivresse déjà diminuée ou disparue,

demandez au vent, à la vague, à l’étoile, à l’oiseau, à l’horloge, à tout ce qui fuit, à tout ce qui gémit, à tout ce qui roule, à tout ce qui chante, à tout ce qui parle, demandez quelle heure il est;

et le vent, la vague, l’étoile, l’oiseau, l’horloge, vous répondront: “Il est l’heure de s’enivrer!

Be Drunk

You have to be always drunk. That's all there is to it—it's the only way. So as not to feel the horrible burden of time that breaks your back and bends you to the earth, you have to be continually drunk.

But on what? Wine, poetry or virtue, as you wish. But be drunk.

And if sometimes, on the steps of a palace or the green grass of a ditch, in the mournful solitude of your room, you wake again, drunkenness already diminishing or gone, ask the wind, the wave, the star, the bird, the clock, everything that is flying, everything that is groaning, everything that is rolling, everything that is singing, everything that is speaking. . .ask what time it is and wind, wave, star, bird, clock will answer you: "It is time to be drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of time, be drunk, be continually drunk! On wine, on poetry or on virtue as you wish."

How can I not love this anime? They quoted my favourite poem by Baudelaire!

If you know French I suggest you to read the original.

Here the integral English version:

Be Drunk

You have to be always drunk. That's all there is to it—it's the only way. So as not to feel the horrible burden of time that breaks your back and bends you to the earth, you have to be continually drunk.

But on what? Wine, poetry or virtue, as you wish. But be drunk.

“You have to be always drunk. That’s all there is to it–it’s the  only way. So as not to feel the horrible burden of time that breaks  your back and bends you to the earth, you have to be continually  drunk.  But on what? Wine, poetry or virtue, as you wish. But be  drunk.  And if sometimes, on the steps of a palace or the green grass of  a ditch, in the mournful solitude of your room, you wake again,  drunkenness already diminishing or gone, ask the wind, the wave,  the star, the bird, the clock, everything that is flying, everything  that is groaning, everything that is rolling, everything that is  singing, everything that is speaking…ask what time it is and  wind, wave, star, bird, clock will answer you:"It is time to be  drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of time, be drunk, be  continually drunk! On wine, on poetry or on virtue as you wish.”