L'après-midi d'un faune (poem)

"L'après-midi d'un faune" ("The Afternoon of a Faun") is a poem by the French author Stéphane Mallarmé. It describes the sensual experiences of a faun who has just woken up from his afternoon sleep and discusses his encounters with several nymphs during the morning in a dreamlike monologue.

It is Mallarmé's best-known work and a landmark in the history of Symbolism in French literature. Paul Valéry considered it to be the greatest poem in French literature.