by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Puces, amis, amantes même, Qu'ils sont cruels ceux qui nous aiment ! Tout notre sang coule pour eux. Les bien-aimés sont malheureux.
First published in the revue La Phalange no. 24, June 15, 1908, as no. 13 in La Marchande des quatre saisons ou le bestiaire mondain, a collection of 18 poems, and later in Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d'Orphée, Paris, Deplanche, 1911.
Composition:
- Set to music by Louis Durey (1888 - 1979), "La Puce", op. 17a no. 16 (1919), from Le Bestiaire, no. 16
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "La Puce", written 1908, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 16, first published 1908
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The flea", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 21