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Et puis ce soir on s'en ira Au cinéma Les Artistes que sont-ce donc Ce ne sont plus ceux qui cultivent les Beaux-arts Ce ne sont pas ceux qui s'occupent de l'Art Art poétique ou bien musique Les Artistes ce sont les acteurs et les actrices Si nous étions des Artistes Nous ne dirions pas le cinéma Nous dirions le ciné Mais si nous étions de vieux professeurs de province Nous ne dirions ni ciné ni cinéma Mais cinématographe Aussi mon Dieu faut-il avoir du goût.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Avant le cinéma", 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 Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Avant le Cinéma", FP 58 no. 3 (1931) [ medium voice and piano ], from Quatre Poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Abans del cinema", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Derek Welton) , "Before the cinema", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , "Before the cinema", 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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Word count: 86
I després aquesta nit anirem Al cinema Què són, doncs, els Artistes? Ja no són aquells que practiquen les Belles Arts No són aquells que tracten amb l'Art Ja sigui poesia o música Els Artistes són els actors i les actrius Si fóssim Artistes No diríem «cinema» Diríem «el cine» Però si fóssim vells mestres de província No diríem ni «cine» ni «cinema» Sinó «cinematògraf» Així que, Déu meu, cal tenir bon gust.
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- 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, "Avant le cinéma", written 1917, appears in Il y a, Paris, Éd. Messein, first published 1925
This text was added to the website: 2026-05-23
Line count: 14
Word count: 73