by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
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.
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.
Composition:
- Set to music by Louis Durey (1888 - 1979), "Le Cheval", op. 17a no. 3 (1919), from Le Bestiaire, no. 3
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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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The Horse", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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