Is John Ashbery's translation of Rimbaud worthwhile?

>>7381708

you are about to get memed on. just fyi.

>>7381708
Rimbaud is a meme

>>7381708
>translations

>>7381714
im ready

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>>7381708

>>7381719
well memed

>>7381708
ladies and jelly beans....
>boipussy

>>7381708
>poetry
>translation

No.

Why is Rimbaud a meme?

>>7382275
I mean yea, /lit/ sure isn't filled with people his age who dream of his talent.

>>7382559
Isn't it because he's a QT3.14 fuccboi with a feminine penis and his name sounds like rimjob?

>>7383053
Yep. Based Rimjaub

Why would you read a translation? I'm not “memeing” and don't hate to go through a translated piece of work but this isn't an essay or a novel, it is poetry. It can't be read in a foreign language, it's fundamentally impossible.