Romances Without Words / In Solitary by Paul Verlaine
Translated by Larry Beckett
Livingston Press, April 2026
Romances Without Words is a translation of Paul Verlaine’s Romances sans paroles, written while he was travelling with Arthur Rimbaud, completed 1873, and published 1874. In Solitary is a translation of Cellulairement, written by Verlaine while in prison for shooting Rimbaud, completed 1875, and published 2013. This is the first English translation of the complete original prison text.
Larry Beckett is a renegade poet and Tim Buckley lyricist who pushes poetic and musical boundaries, earning praise from major literary and musical figures. His upcoming fifth album, Though We Have Only Love: The Songs of Jacques Brel (The Orchard/Sony), reimagines Beckett’s French-to-English translation of Jacques Brel’s chansons.
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