by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire
La Chèvre du Thibet Matches original 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.
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).
Composition:
- Set to music by Louis Durey (1888 - 1979), "La Chèvre du Thibet", op. 17a no. 4 (1919), from Le Bestiaire, no. 4
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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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- 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
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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