Abans d'entrar a la meva cel·la

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

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Avant d'entrer dans ma céllule

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Avant d'entrer dans ma céllule
Il a fallu me mettre nu
Et quelle voix sinistre ulule
Guillaume qu'es-tu devenu

Le Lazare entrant dans la tombe
Au lieu d'en sortir comme il fit
Adieu adieu chantante ronde
O mes années ô jeunes filles

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Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, no title, written 1911, appears in Alcools, in À la Santé, no. 1, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1913 [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 Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "À la Santé n°1", 1939 [ voice and piano ], from À la Santé, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Denise Isabelle Roger (1924 - 2005), "Avant d'entrer dans ma cellule", 1961, first performed 1961 [ medium voice and piano ], from À la Santé, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

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by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "À la Santé", op. 135 no. 7, from Symphony no. 14, no. 7, title in English: "In the Santé jail", also set in Russian (Русский)
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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Pavlovich Kudinov (1922 - 1994) , copyright © ; composed by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich.
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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
RUS Russian (Русский) (Mikhail Pavlovich Kudinov) , copyright ©

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Abans d'entrar a la meva cel·la

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

Abans d'entrar a la meva cel·la 
hagué de despullar-me
i, quina veu sinistra, udola,
Guillaume, què has esdevingut.

Adéu, adéu ronda cantant,
Oh, aquells anys, aquelles noies.
Llàtzer entrant a la tomba
en lloc de sortir-ne com ell feu.

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a text in French (Français) by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, no title, written 1911, appears in Alcools, in À la Santé, no. 1, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1913
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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 39