English translation of À la Santé
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)Note: this is a translation of one multi-text setting.
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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
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
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Non je ne me sens plus là
Moi-même
Je suis le quinze de la
Onzième
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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. 2, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1913
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Dans la cellule d'à côté
On y fait couler la fontaine
Avec les clefs qu'il fait tinter
Que le geôlier aille et revienne
Dans la cellule d'à côté
On y fait couler la fontaine
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. 3, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1913
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Que deviendrai-je ô Dieu qui connais ma douleur
Toi qui me l'as donnée
Prends en pitié mes yeux sans larmes ma pâleur
Le bruit de ma chaise enchaînée
Et tous ces pauvres cœurs battant dans la prison
L'Amour qui m'accompagne
Prends en pitié surtout ma débile raison
Et ce désespoir qui la gagne
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. 4, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1913
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Le jour s'en va voici que brûle
Une lampe dans la prison
Nous sommes seuls dans ma cellule
Belle clarté Chère raison
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. 6, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1913
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Author(s): Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918)
Before entering my cell I had to strip naked. And what a sinister voice howls Guillaume, what has become of you? Farewell, farewell, singing round, oh my bygone years, oh my young girls! Lazarus entering the tomb instead of getting out of it, as he did.
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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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No, I don't feel I'm myself here! I'm number fifteen of the eleventh sector.
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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. 2, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1913
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2011 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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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. 3, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1913
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and on all these poor hearts beating in the prison.
The Love that keeps me company,
above all, have pity on my frail reason,
and on this despair that overruns it.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2011 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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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. 4, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1913
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Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2011 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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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. 6, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1913
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Translation © by Salvador Pila