Du Thrace magique, ô délire! Mes doigts sûrs font sonner la lyre. Les animaux passent aux sons De ma tortue, de mes chansons.
Le Bestiaire
by Régis Campo (b. 1968)
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 Paon [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
En faisant la roue, cet oiseau, Dont le pennage traîne à terre, Apparaît encore plus beau, Mais se découvre le derrière.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Le Paon", appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 27, first published 1908
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The Peacock", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
First published in the revue La Phalange, no. 24, June 15, 1908 as number 15 of "La Marchande des quatre saisons ou le bestiaire mondain" (a collection of 18 poems), and later in Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d'Orphée (1911).
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3. La Chenille [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Le travail mène à la richesse, Pauvres poètes, travaillons ! Le chenille en peinant sans cesse Devient le riche papillon.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "La Chenille", appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 14, first published 1908
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The Caterpillar", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
First published in the revue La Phalange, no. 24, June 15, 1908 as number 11 of "La Marchande des quatre saisons ou le bestiaire mondain" (a collection of 18 poems), and later in Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d'Orphée (1911).
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4. Le Dromadaire [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Avec ses quatre dromadaires Don Pedro d'Alfaroubeira Courut le monde et l'admira. Il fit ce que je voudrais faire Si j'avais quatre dromadaires.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Le Dromadaire", written 1908, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 10, first published 1908
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "The dromedary", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Das Dromedar", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Il dromedario", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
First published in the revue La Phalange, no. 24, June 15, 1908, no. 9 in La Marchande des quatre saisons ou le bestiaire mondain
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5. La Souris [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Belles journées, souris du temps, Vous rongez peu à peu ma vie. Dieu! Je vais avoir vingt-huit ans, Et mal vécus, à mon envie.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "La Souris", appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 11, first published 1911
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The mouse", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
6. Le Hibou [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Mon pauvre cœur est un hibou Qu'on cloue, qu'on décloue, qu'on recloue. De sang, d'ardeur, il est à bout. Tous ceux qui m'aiment, je les loue.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Le Hibou", appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 28, first published 1908
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The Owl", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
First published in the revue La Phalange, no. 24, June 15, 1908 as number 16 of "La Marchande des quatre saisons ou le bestiaire mondain" (a collection of 18 poems), and later in Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d'Orphée (1911).
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7. La Puce [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Puces, amis, amantes même, Qu'ils sont cruels ceux qui nous aiment ! Tout notre sang coule pour eux. Les bien-aimés sont malheureux.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "La Puce", written 1908, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 16, first published 1908
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The flea", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
First published in the revue La Phalange no. 24, June 15, 1908, as no. 13 in La Marchande des quatre saisons ou le bestiaire mondain, a collection of 18 poems, and later in Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d'Orphée, Paris, Deplanche, 1911.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
8. 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
9. La Sauterelle [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Voici la fine sauterelle, La nourriture de saint Jean. Puissent mes vers être comme elle, Le régal des meilleures gens.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "La sauterelle", written 1910, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 17, first published 1911
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- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "The locust", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Die Heuschrecke", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "La cavalletta", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
10. 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
11. Le Cheval [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Mes durs rêves formels sauront te chevaucher, Mon destin au char d'or sera ton beau cocher Qui pour rènes tendus à frénésie, Mes vers, les parangons de toute poésie.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Le Cheval", written 1908, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 3, first published 1908
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The Horse", 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. 3 of 18, and later in the 1911 publication of "Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d'Orphée", Paris, Deplanche.
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