Oh pain! Oh pain! Time eats life.
• "L’Ennemi" [The Enemy] http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Les_Fleurs_du_mal/1857/L%E2%80%99Ennemi
• Variant translations:
• Oh pain! Oh pain! Time eats our lives.
• Oh pain! Oh pain! Time is eating away my life.
• "L’Ennemi" [The Enemy] http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Les_Fleurs_du_mal/1857/L%E2%80%99Ennemi
• Variant translations:
• Oh pain! Oh pain! Time eats our lives.
• Oh pain! Oh pain! Time is eating away my life.
“
Ô douleur! ô douleur! Le Temps mange la vie.
— Charles Baudelaire
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Ô douleur! ô douleur! Le Temps mange la vie." in the context of "Oh pain! Oh pain! Time eats life.
• "L’Ennemi" [The Enemy] http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Les_Fleurs_du_mal/1857/L%E2%80%99Ennemi
• Variant translations:
• Oh pain! Oh pain! Time eats our lives.
• Oh pain! Oh pain! Time is eating away my life." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Charles Baudelaire" (Quotes, Les fleurs du mal (Flowers of Evil) (1857))
The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
About Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire (9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet, critic and translator.
About Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire (9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet, critic and translator.
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