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Regardez cette troupe infecte Aux mille pattes, aux cent yeux : Rotifères, cirons, insectes Et microbes plus merveilleux Que les sept merveilles du monde Et le palais de Rosemonde!
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Note: the poem was first published in the revue La Phalange, no. 24, June 15, 1908 as number 10 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, "Orphée", appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 13, 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), "Orphée II", op. 1b no. 13 (1945-48), published 1994 [ voice and piano ], from Le Cortège d’Orphée, no. 13, Édition Durand & Fils [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Cornman (1924 - 2008), "Orphée (3)", 1972 [ medium voice and piano ], from Le Bestiaire (bêta) ou cortège d'Orphée, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Durey (1888 - 1979), "Orphée", op. 17a no. 13 (1919), from Le Bestiaire, no. 13 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2023, (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: 6
Word count: 28
Behold this infestation with a thousand feet, one hundred eyes: Zooplankton, mites, insects And microbes more marvelous Than the seven wonders of the world Or the palace of Rosemonde!
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Translations of titles:
"Orphée" = "Orpheus"
"Orphée II" = "Orpheus II"
"Orphée (3)" = "Orpheus (3)"
Note: Apollonaire’s notes to his Bestiary state: “This palace was the proof of the King of England’s love for his mistress, as recounted in these lines from a poem whose author I do not know:
To shelter Rosemonde from the malice She suffered from his queen, The king built Rosemonde a palace More beautiful than ever seen."
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2023 by Laura Stanfield 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, "Orphée", appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 13, first published 1908
This text was added to the website: 2023-08-23
Line count: 6
Word count: 29