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by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire

Toujours
Language: French (Français) 
    Toujours
    Nous irons plus loin sans avancer jamais

    Et de planète en planète
    De nébuleuse en nébuleuse
    Le don Juan des mille et trois comètes
    Même sans bouger de la terre
    Cherche les forces neuves
    Et prend au sérieux les fantômes

    Et tant d'univers s'oublient
    Quels sont les grands oublieurs
    Qui donc saura nous faire oublier telle ou telle partie du monde
    Où est le Christophe Colomb à qui l'on devra l'oubli d'un continent

    Perdre
    Mais perdre vraiment
    Pour laisser place à la trouvaille
    Perdre
    La vie pour trouver la Victoire

Text Authorship:

  • by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Toujours" [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 Rósa Lind , "Toujours", 2007 [ mezzo-soprano, flutes, clarinet, viola, cello and piano ], from Apollinairesongs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2025-11-01
Line count: 17
Word count: 92

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