Viatge a París | Ah! Quin plaer

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

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Voyage à Paris

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG JPN

Ah ! la charmante chose
Quitter un pays morose
Pour Paris
Paris joli
Qu'un jour dût créer l'Amour.

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Voyage à Paris", written 1906 [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), "Voyage à Paris", 1944 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Voyage à Paris", FP 107 no. 4 (1940), published 1941 [ medium voice and piano ], from Banalités, no. 4, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Viatge a París", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Peter Low) , "Going to Paris", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "パリへの旅", copyright © 2025, (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: 17

Viatge a París

Language: Catalan (Català) after the French (Français)

Ah! Quin plaer
de deixar una terra ensopida
per anar a París
el bell París
que l'Amor deu haver creat un dia.

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, "Voyage à Paris", written 1906
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This text was added to the website: 2026-04-22
Line count: 5
Word count: 22