he began to brood over those verses which, drawing music from kiss-stained marble, tell of that curious statue that Gautier compares to a contralto voice, the "monstre charmant" that couches in the porphyry-room of the Louvre.
Gautier-ek ahots kontralto baten parean jartzen duen, eta Louvre-ko perfido gela hartan datzan "monstre charmant" estatua kurioso, musuz zikindutako marmoretik musika sortzen duen estatua harena kontatzen diguten bertso haiei buruz hasi zen hausnarrean.