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Deux dames le long le long du fleuve Elles se parlent par-dessus l'eau Et sur le pont de leurs paroles La foule passe et repasse en dansant Un dieu c'est pour toi seule que le sang coule Tu reviendras Hi! oh! Là-bas Là-bas Tous les enfants savent pourquoi Passe mais passe donc Ne te retourne pas Hi! oh! là-bas là-bas Les jeunes filles qui passent sur le pont léger Portent dans leurs mains Le bouquet de demain Et leurs regards s'écoulent Dans ce fleuve à tous étranger Qui vient de loin qui va si loin Et passe sous le pont léger de vos paroles Ô Bavardes le long du fleuve Ô Bavardes ô folles le long du fleuve.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Le pont", written 1917, appears in Il y a, Paris, Éd. Messein, first published 1925 [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), "Le pont", 1945 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Le Pont", FP 131 no. 1 (1946), published 1947 [ high voice and piano ], from Deux Mélodies sur des poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire, no. 1, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El pont", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , "The bridge", copyright © 2016, (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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Dues dames al llarg al llarg del riu es parlen per damunt de l'aigua i sobre el pont de llurs paraules la gentada passa i torna a passar tot ballant Un déu és per a tu sola que la sang s’escola tornaràs Ei! Oh! Allà baix allà baix Tots els nens saben perquè Passa però passa doncs No tornis enrere Ei! Oh! Allà baix, allà baix les noies que passen pel pont lleuger porten a les mans el ram de demà i llurs esguards s’escolen dins d’aquest riu estrany per a tots que ve de lluny que va tan lluny i passa sota el pont lleuger de les vostres paraules Oh xerraires al llarg del riu Oh xerraires oh folles al llarg del riu.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2026 by Salvador Pila, (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, "Le pont", written 1917, appears in Il y a, Paris, Éd. Messein, first published 1925
This text was added to the website: 2026-04-25
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Word count: 124