“Black A, white E, red I, green U, blue O: vowels,
Someday I shall recount your latent births.”

—  Arthur Rimbaud , book Vowels

A noir, E blanc, I rouge, U vert, O bleu: voyelles,
Je dirai quelque jour vos naissances latentes !
Voyelles http://www.mag4.net/Rimbaud/poesies/Vowels.html (Vowels (1871)

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A noir, E blanc, I rouge, U vert, O bleu, voyelles, Je dirai quelque jour vos naissances latentes.

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