Monday, January 13, 2003
The Bad Monk Comments
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On the great walls of ancient cloisters were nailed
Murals displaying Truth the saint,
Whose effect, reheating the pious entrails
Brought to an austere chill a warming paint.
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7/24/2025 9:48:22 PM # 1.0.0
My soul is a tomb, an empty confine Since eternity I scour and I reside; Nothing hangs on the walls of this hideous sty. french version: – Mon âme est un tombeau que, mauvais cénobite, Depuis l'éternité je parcours et j'habite; Rien n'embellit les murs de ce cloître odieux. why Singler translated 'mauvais cenobite' into 'an empty confine'. It means 'shameful monk' or 'bad monk'. an empty confine is totally wrong! I mean, mauvais cenobite is referred to the person in the poem (the author) not to the tomb! how did he got his degree?