UJeanne Duval: imininingwane ayiphelele kuJeanne Duval, kwesinye isikhathi ubizwa nangokuthi uJeanne Lever noma uJeanne Prosper, kodwa ubuhle bakhe, umbala wakhe wesikhumba nemvelaphi yakhe kuyaziwa "Okuqinisekwa nangokuthi ukhuthaze uBaudelaire, abelana ngayo ngempilo, izinkondlo ezinhle kakhulu, mhlawumbe ezinhle kakhulu - amakha angaphandle, inyoka edansayo, izinwele ”

Kuthiwa wazalwa cishe ngonyaka we-1820, mhlawumbe eHaiti futhi ngokunembile UJacmel; umlingisi, wadlala izindima ezincane eParis ngo-1838 nango-1839 enkundleni yemidlalo yase UPorte-Saint-Antoine. UJeanne ubopha noNadar. Umhlangano noBaudelaire wenziwa entwasahlobo ka-1842, mhlawumbe ngo IFaubourg-Montmartre. UJeanne wathuthela ku-6 rue de owesifazane-ongenakhanda, ku-L 'Ile-Saint-Louis, eduze kakhulu nehhotela I-Pimodan lapho kuhlala khona isithandwa sakhe.

Indaba iyinkimbinkimbi, kepha ukwahlulela ngezincwadi zikaBaudelaire - kwesinye isikhathi okhuluma ngokuzibulala ngenxa yakhe - umuntu angacabanga indaba enkulu yothando, ngokuhlukana nokuhlangana, okuzohlala okungenani iminyaka eyi-17. Kuze kwaba ngo-1859, lapho uJeanne egula futhi eqhubeka ehlushwa yi-hemiplegia. UBaudelaire wayelaliswe esibhedlela.

Wayesahlala Ama-Batignolles, yancipha kakhulu, ngo-1870. Asazi lutho olunye. Kepha kunamagama ambalwa othando asele kumngane wakhe:

• Ngikunikeza la mavesi ukuze, uma igama lami
  Izikhathi ezijabulisayo zisondela kude,
  Nomkhumbi ududulwa ngumsele omkhulu,
  Ngobunye ubusuku kwenza ubuchopho bomuntu busebenze,

• Imemori yakho, njengezinganekwane ezingaqinisekile,
  Kukhathala isifundi kanye nefayela le- dulcimer,
  Futhi ngesixhumanisi sobuzalwane nesimanga
  Hlalani ngokungathi nilenga emilolotelweni yami yokuzidla;

• kube uqalekisiwe lowo osuka kwalasha onzulu,
  Kufika endaweni ephakeme yesibhakabhaka akukho lutho, ngaphandle kwami, izimpendulo;
  - Ô wena, njengesithunzi esinomkhondo odlulayo,
• Izinkumbi zonyawo olulula nokubuka okuthulile
  Abantu abayiziphukuphuku abakuhlulele okumunyu,
  Isitembu ngamehlo e-jet, ingelosi enkulu enebunzi lethusi!