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Laments, five songs on poems of Guillaume Apollinaire
Translations © by Laura Prichard
by Denise Isabelle Roger (1924 - 2005)
View original-language texts alone: Complaintes, cinq mélodies sur des poèmes de G. Apollinaire
1. Lorsque deux nobles cœurs [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Lorsque deux nobles coeurs se sont vraiment aimés Leur amour est plus fort que la mort elle-même Cueillons le souvenirs que nous avons semés Et l'absence après tout n'est rien lorsque l'on s'aime
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, no title, written 1915, appears in Ombre de mon amour, first published 1947
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by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire
1.
Language: English
When two noble hearts have truly loved each other Their love is stronger than death itself Let’s collect the memories we’ve planted And absence, after all, is nothing when a couple is in love
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, no title, written 1915, appears in Ombre de mon amour, first published 1947
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-11
Line count: 4
Word count: 34
Translation © by Laura Prichard
2. L'Amour [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
L’anneau se met à l’annulaire Après le baiser des aveux Ce que nos lèvres murmurèrent Est dans l’anneau des annulaires Mets des roses dans tes cheveux
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, no title, written 1899, appears in Le Guetteur mélancolique, in Stavelot, in 1. L'amour, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Gallimard, first published 1952
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by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire
2. Love
Language: English
The ring begins it, with the ring finger, After the kiss of confession [It is] what our lips murmured [It] is symbolized in the ring on [each of our] ring fingers Put roses in your hair
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2024 by Laura Prichard, (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, no title, written 1899, appears in Le Guetteur mélancolique, in Stavelot, in 1. L'amour, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Gallimard, first published 1952
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Translation of title "L'Amour" = "Love"
Translator's note: this is a riddle poem about the beginning of love, or of a marriage.
This text was added to the website: 2024-02-11
Line count: 5
Word count: 36
Translation © by Laura Prichard
3. Au lac de tes yeux [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Au lac de tes yeux très profond Mon pauvre cœur se noie et fond Là le défont Dans l'eau d'amour et de folie Souvenir et Mélancolie
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, no title, written 1914, appears in Poèmes à Lou, first published 1947
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by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire
3. In the deep lake of your eyes
Language: English
In the deep lake of your eyes, My poor heart drowns itself and melts, There disintegrating into it Into this watery love and madness Memory and melancholy
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2024 by Laura Prichard, (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, no title, written 1914, appears in Poèmes à Lou, first published 1947
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Translation of title "Au lac de tes yeux" = "In the deep lake of your eyes"This text was added to the website: 2024-02-11
Line count: 5
Word count: 27
Translation © by Laura Prichard
4. L'Adieu [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
J'ai cueilli ce brin de bruyère L'automne est morte souviens-t'en Nous ne nous verrons plus sur terre Odeur du temps brin de bruyère Et souviens-toi que je t'attends
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "L'Adieu", written 1903, appears in Alcools, first published 1913
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by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire
4. The Farewell
Language: English
I plucked this thorny twig of briar Autumn is dead: remember We won’t see one another again on earth [Or] smell the spring blossoms: [a bit of] briar And remember: I’ll be waiting for you
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2024 by Laura Prichard, (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, "L'Adieu", written 1903, appears in Alcools, first published 1913
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Translator's notes:
Line 1, "briar" : In the language of flowers, briar roses symbolize young love and purity, and they were associated with the goddess Aphrodite in Greek mythology.
Line 4, first part of the line : Literally, the smell of the weather
This text was added to the website: 2024-02-11
Line count: 5
Word count: 35
Translation © by Laura Prichard
5. Je ne sais plus [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Je ne sais plus ni si je l’aime Ni si l’hiver sait mon noir péché Le ciel est en manteau de laine Et mes amours s’étant cachés Périssent d’amour en moi-même
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, no title, written 1899, appears in Le Guetteur mélancolique, in Stavelot, in 1. L'amour, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Gallimard, first published 1952
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by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire
5. I don't know anymore
Language: English
I don't know if I can love anymore Nor if winter has discovered my black sins The sky is [wrapped] in a mantle of wool And my love affairs, having hidden themselves away, Perish inside my loveless heart
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2024 by Laura Prichard, (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, no title, written 1899, appears in Le Guetteur mélancolique, in Stavelot, in 1. L'amour, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Gallimard, first published 1952
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Translation of title "Je ne sais plus" = "I don't know anymore"This text was added to the website: 2024-02-11
Line count: 5
Word count: 38
Translation © by Laura Prichard