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The Bestiary
Translations © by Michael P Rosewall
Song Cycle by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
View original-language texts alone: Le Bestiaire ou cortège d'Orphée
Avec ses quatre dromadaires Don Pedro d'Alfaroubeira Courut le monde et l'admira. Il fit ce que je voudrais faire Si j'avais quatre dromadaires.
Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Le Dromadaire", written 1908, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 10, first published 1908
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- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "The dromedary", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Das Dromedar", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Il dromedario", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
First published in the revue La Phalange, no. 24, June 15, 1908, no. 9 in La Marchande des quatre saisons ou le bestiaire mondain
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With his four dromedaries, Don Pedro d'Alfaroubeira Wandered and wondered at the world. He did what I would like to do If I had four dromedaries.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2015 by Michael P Rosewall, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Le Dromadaire", written 1908, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 10, first published 1908
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Les poils de cette chèvre et même Ceux d'or pour qui prit tant de peine Jason, ne valent rien au prix Des cheveux dont je suis épris.
Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "La Chèvre du Thibet", appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 4, first published 1908
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- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "The Tibetan goat", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Die tibetanische Ziege", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "La capra del Tibet", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
First published in the revue La Phalange, no. 24, June 15, 1908 as number 4 of "La Marchande des quatre saisons ou le bestiaire mondain" (a collection of 18 poems), and later in Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d'Orphée (1911).
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The fleece of this goat, and even that Of gold for which Jason took such pains, Are worthless compared to The locks that I yearn for.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2015 by Michael P Rosewall, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "La Chèvre du Thibet", appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 4, first published 1908
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Voici la fine sauterelle, La nourriture de saint Jean. Puissent mes vers être comme elle, Le régal des meilleures gens.
Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "La sauterelle", written 1910, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 17, first published 1911
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- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "The locust", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Die Heuschrecke", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "La cavalletta", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Behold the fine locust, The nourishment of St. John. Would that my verses could be like her, A feast for the very best folk.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2015 by Michael P Rosewall, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "La sauterelle", written 1910, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 17, first published 1911
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Dauphins, vous jouez dans la mer, Mais le flot est toujours amer. Parfois, ma joie éclate-t-elle? La vie est encore cruelle.
Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Le Dauphin", written 1910, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 19, first published 1911
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- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "The dolphin", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Delphin", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Il delfino", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Dolphins, you play in the sea, But the tide is always bitter. Perchance, my joy may burst forth? But life is ever so cruel.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2015 by Michael P Rosewall, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Le Dauphin", written 1910, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 19, first published 1911
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Incertitude, ô mes délices Vous et moi nous nous en allons Comme s'en vont les écrevisses, À reculons, à reculons.
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- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "L'Écrevisse", written 1910, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 22, first published 1911
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- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "The crawfish", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Krebs", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Il gambero", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Uncertainty, oh my delight. You and I, we go onward Just like the crawfish, Backwards, always backwards.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2015 by Michael P Rosewall, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "L'Écrevisse", written 1910, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 22, first published 1911
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Dans vos viviers, dans vos étangs, Carpes, que vous vivez longtemps ! Est-ce que la mort vous oublie, Poissons de la mélancolie.
Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "La Carpe", written 1910, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 23, first published 1911
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- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "The carp", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Karpfen", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "La carpa", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Within your environs, your pools, Carp, you live such a long time! Is it that Death has forgotten you, Fish of woe?
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2015 by Michael P Rosewall, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "La Carpe", written 1910, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 23, first published 1911
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