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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gez" data-source="post: 2154653" data-attributes="member: 1328">Including non-English languages? Prince des Nuées (could be translated as Prince of Tumultuous Skies, or Prince of Clouds). From one of my favorite poem, l'Albatros, by Baudelaire."The poet is akin to this prince of the skies, who prowl in storms and laugh at marksmen; exiled on the ground in the midst of crowds, his wings of giants hamper his walk."Souvent, pour s'amuser, les hommes d'équipage Prennent des albatros, vastes oiseaux des mers, Qui suivent, indolents compagnons de voyage, Le navire glissant sur les gouffres amers. A peine les ont-ils déposés sur les planches, Que ces rois de l'azur, maladroits et honteux, Laissent piteusement leurs grandes ailes blanches Comme des avirons traîner à coté d'eux. Ce voyageur ailé, comme il est gauche et veule! Lui, naguère si beau, qu'il est comique et laid! L'un agace son bec avec un brûle-gueule, L'autre mime, en boitant, l'infirme qui volait! Le Poête est semblable au prince des nuées Qui hante la tempête et se rit de l'archer; Exilé sur le sol au milieu des huées, Ses ailes de géant l'empêchent de marcher.Found an English translation of the poem, where it's translated as Monarch of the Clouds:Often, for pastime, mariners will ensnare The albatross, that vast sea-bird who sweeps On high companionable pinion where Their vessel glides upon the bitter deeps. Torn from his native space, this captive king Flounders upon the deck in stricken pride, And pitiably lets his great white wing Drag like a heavy paddle at his side. This rider of winds, how awkward he is, and weak ! How droll he seems, who lately was all grace ! A sailor pokes a pipestem into his beak; Another, hobbling, mocks his trammeled pace The Poet is like this monarch of the clouds, Familiar of storms, of stars, and of all high things; Exiled on earth amidst its hooting crowds, He cannot walk, borne down by his giant wings. Coming to think of it, Rider of Winds or Bitter Deeps are good names too.</blockquote>

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