Arthur Rimbaud's The Drunken Boat is one of the most significant long poems in world literature. Just three days, which put him in a trance, were enough for Paul Celan to create his masterpiece translation of this poem into German: bold and original, yet as close to the text as a re-creation can be. Celan believed that he had achieved a truly unique feat here. Accompanying the original text and its translation in direct comparison are insightful documents, particularly the correspondence with the publisher, illustrations, and a detailed afterword by the editor.