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Zénith Tous ces regrets Ces jardins sans limites Où le crapaud module un tendre cri d'azur La biche du silence éperdu passe vite Un rossignol meurtri par l'amour chante sur Le rosier de ton corps dont j'ai cueilli les roses Nos coeurs pendent ensemble au même grenadier Et les fleurs de grenade en nos regards écloses En tombant tour à tour ont jonché le sentier
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Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Vers le sud", appears in Calligrammes - Poèmes de la paix et de la guerre, in 3. Case d'Armons, first published 1918 [author's text not yet checked 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 Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "Vers le sud", published 1996 [ voice and piano ], Paris : AARC [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile Naoumoff (b. 1962), "Tous les regrets" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Vers le sud", FP 140 no. 3 (1948), published 1948 [ baritone and piano ], from Calligrammes, no. 3, Éd. Heugel [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 (Korin Kormick) , "Toward the South", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Julia Henning) , "Richtung Süden", copyright © 2019, (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.
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Word count: 65
Zenit
All dieses Bedauern
Diese Gärten ohne Grenzen
Wo die Kröte einen zarten Azur-Schrei moduliert
Das Reh in verzweifeltem Schweigen entflieht
Eine Nachtigall verwundet durch die Liebe singt über
Dem Rosenstrauch deines Körpers dessen Rosen ich pflückte
Unsere Herzen hängen gemeinsam am selben Granatapfelbaum
Und die Blüten des Granatapfels öffneten sich unter unseren Blicken
Nach und nach herabfallend haben sie den Pfad bedeckt .
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2019 by Julia Henning, (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, "Vers le sud", appears in Calligrammes - Poèmes de la paix et de la guerre, in 3. Case d'Armons, first published 1918
This text was added to the website: 2019-12-05
Line count: 10
Word count: 64