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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.
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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).
Text 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 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Claude Ballif (1924 - 2004), "La Chèvre du Thibet", op. 1b no. 4 (1945-48), published 1994 [ voice and piano ], from Le Cortège d’Orphée, no. 4, Édition Durand & Fils [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Carbon (b. 1951), "La Chèvre", op. 22 no. 3 (2002), copyright © 2008 [ soprano, horn, cello, piano ], from Le Bestiare, no. 3, Édition du compositeur (JC. Collections) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Cornman (1924 - 2008), "La Chèvre du Thibet", 1972 [ medium voice and piano ], from Le Bestiaire (bêta) ou cortège d'Orphée, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Durey (1888 - 1979), "La Chèvre du Thibet", op. 17a no. 4 (1919), from Le Bestiaire, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "La Chèvre du Thibet", FP 15a no. 2 (1919), published 1920 [ medium voice and orchestra or piano ], from Le Bestiaire ou cortège d'Orphée, no. 2, Éd. de La Sirène [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- 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
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 27
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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Based on:
- 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
This text was added to the website: 2015-08-25
Line count: 4
Word count: 26