Du Thrace magique, ô délire! Mes doigts sûrs font sonner la lyre. Les animaux passent aux sons De ma tortue, de mes chansons.
Bestiaire
Song Cycle by Robert Caby (1905 - 1992)
1. La Tortue [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "La Tortue", appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 2, first published 1908
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The Turtle", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
First published in the revue La Phalange, no. 24, June 15, 1908, in La Marchande des quatre saisons ou le bestiaire mondain, no. 2 of 18.
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2. Le Chat [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Je souhaite dans ma maison : Une femme ayant sa raison, Un chat passant parmi les livres, Des amis en toute saison Sans lesquels je ne peux pas vivre.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Le Chat", appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 6, first published 1911
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The Cat", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
3. Le Lapin [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Je connais un autre connin Que tout vivant je voudrais prendre. Sa garenne est parmi le thym Des vallons du pays de Tendre.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Le Lapin", appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 9, first published 1908
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The Rabbit", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
First appeared in the revue La Phalange, June 15, 1908, in "La Marchande des quatre saisons ou le bestiaire mondain" no. 8 of 18, and later in the 1911 publication of "Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d'Orphée", Paris, Deplanche.
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4. Les Méduses [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Méduses, malheureuses têtes Aux chevelures violettes Vous vous plaisez dans les tempêtes, Et je m'y plais comme vous faites.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "La Méduse", appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 21, first published 1911
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
5. Le Serpent [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Tu t'acharnes sur la beauté. Et quelles femmes ont été Victimes de ta cruauté! Eve, Eurydice, Cléopâtre ; J'en connais encor trois ou quatre.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Le Serpent", written 1910, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 5, first published 1911
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The serpent", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
6. Sirènes [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Sachè-je d'où provient, Sirènes, votre ennui Quand vous vous lamentez, au large, dans la nuit ? Mer, je suis, comme toi, plein de voix machinées Et mes vaisseaux chantants se nomment les années.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Les sirènes", written 1910, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 25, first published 1911
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
7. Le Poulpe [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Jetant son encre vers les cieux, Suçant le sang de ce qu'il aime Et le trouvant délicieux, Ce monstre inhumain, c'est moi-même.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Le Poulpe", appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 20, first published 1911
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The Octopus", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Total word count: 170