Le Bestiaire ou cortège d'Orphée

Song Cycle by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)

Translated to:

English — The Bestiary (Michael P Rosewall)
German (Deutsch) — Bestiarium (Bertram Kottmann)

1. Le Dromadaire
(Sung text)

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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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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2. La Chèvre du Thibet
(Sung text)

Language: French (Français)

Les poils de cette chèvre et même 
Ceux d'or pour qui prit tant de peine 
Jason, ne valent rien au prix 
Des cheveux dont je suis épris.

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "La Chèvre du Thibet", appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 4, first published 1908

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ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "The Tibetan goat", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Die tibetanische Ziege", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "La capra del Tibet", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

First published in the revue La Phalange, no. 24, June 15, 1908 as number 4 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 sauterelle
(Sung text)

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

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4. Le Dauphin
(Sung text)

Language: French (Français)

Dauphins, vous jouez dans la mer, 
Mais le flot est toujours amer. 
Parfois, ma joie éclate-t-elle? 
La vie est encore cruelle.

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Le Dauphin", written 1910, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 19, first published 1911

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ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "The dolphin", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Delphin", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Il delfino", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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5. L'Écrevisse
(Sung text)

Language: French (Français)

Incertitude, ô mes délices 
Vous et moi nous nous en allons 
Comme s'en vont les écrevisses, 
À reculons, à reculons.

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "L'Écrevisse", written 1910, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 22, first published 1911

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6. La Carpe
(Sung text)

Language: French (Français)

Dans vos viviers, dans vos étangs, 
Carpes, que vous vivez longtemps ! 
Est-ce que la mort vous oublie, 
Poissons de la mélancolie.

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "La Carpe", written 1910, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 23, first published 1911

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Total word count: 132

Le Bestiaire ou cortège d'Orphée

Song Cycle by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)

Translated to:

1. Le Dromadaire (Sung text)

2. La Chèvre du Thibet (Sung text)

3. La sauterelle (Sung text)

4. Le Dauphin (Sung text)

5. L'Écrevisse (Sung text)

6. La Carpe (Sung text)

1. Le Dromadaire
(Sung text)

2. La Chèvre du Thibet
(Sung text)

3. La sauterelle
(Sung text)

4. Le Dauphin
(Sung text)

5. L'Écrevisse
(Sung text)

6. La Carpe
(Sung text)