Le Bestiare

Song Cycle by John Carbon (b. 1951)

1. Orphée [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français)

Admirez le pouvoir insigne
Et la noblesse de la ligne: 
Elle est la voix que la lumière fit entendre
Et dont parle Hermès Trismégiste en son Pimandre.

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Orphée", appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 1, first published 1908

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ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Orpheus", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

First published in the revue La Phalange, no. 24, June 15, 1908 as number 1 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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2. 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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3. La Chèvre [sung text not yet checked]

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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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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Total word count: 83