Uruguay dogumlu Fransiz sair Comte de Lautréamont’nun (Isidore Lucien Ducass) dogum yildonumu (4 Nisan 1846)
“Sen, ey okur, bu yapitin basinda kine basvurmami istersin belki de! Guzel ve kara bir havada, tipki kopekbaligi gibi engin bir kosnuye gomulmus durumda sirt ustu devrilip, gururlu, genis ve ince burun deliklerinle istedigin kadar kini icine cekemeyecegini kim söyledi sana, eger bu eylemin onemi kadar senin o kizil kokulara olan hakli istahinin onemini de agir agir ve gorkemle anliyorsa? Daha once eger Tanri'nin lanetli vicdanini arka arkaya uc bin kez icine cekmeye kendini kaptirmazsan, inan bana ey canavar, cirkin suratinin o iki bicimsiz deligini eglendirecektir o kokular. O sozle anlatilmaz hazlardan alabildigine hosnut kalacak olan burun deliklerin, guzel kokulardan, buhur kokularindan baskasini duymak istemeyecekler bir daha; cunku, o canim goklerin gorkeminde ve dinginliginde yasayan melekler gibi eksiksiz mutlulukla tika basa doymus olacaklar.” Maldoror'un Sarkilari'ndan
“Reader, perhaps it is hatred you wish me to invoke at the outset of this work! What makes you think that you will not sniff—drenched in numberless pleasures, for as long as you wish, with your proud nostrils, wide and thin, as you turn over on your bellylike a shark, in the beautiful black air, as if you understood the importance of this act and the equal importance of your legitimateappetite, slowly and majestically—its red emanations. I assure you, they will delight the two shapeless holes of your hideousmuzzle, if you endeavour beforehand to inhale, in three thousand consecutive breaths, the accursed conscience of the EternalOne! Your nostrils, which will dilate immeasurably in unspeakable contentment, in motionless ecstasy, will ask nothing better ofspace, for they will be full of fragrance as if of perfumes and incense; for they will be glutted with complete happiness, like angelswho dwell in the peace and magnificence of pleasant Heaven.”
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