The dolphin | Dolphins, you play in the sea

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by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Le Dauphin

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG GER ITA

Dauphins, vous jouez dans la mer, 
Mais le flot est toujours amer. 
Parfois, ma joie éclate-t-elle? 
La vie est encore cruelle.

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Le Dauphin", written 1910, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 19, first published 1911 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Claude Ballif (1924 - 2004), "Le Dauphin", op. 1b no. 19 (1945-48), published 1994 [ voice and piano ], from Le Cortège d’Orphée, no. 19, Édition Durand & Fils [sung text not yet checked]
by Louis Durey (1888 - 1979), "Le Dauphin", op. 17a no. 19 (1919), from Le Bestiaire, no. 19 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Le Dauphin", FP 15a no. 4 (1919), published 1920 [ medium voice and orchestra or piano ], from Le Bestiaire ou cortège d'Orphée, no. 4, Éd. de La Sirène [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "The dolphin", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Delphin", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Il delfino", 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.
Line count: 4
Word count: 21

The dolphin

Language: English after the French (Français)

Dolphins, you play in the sea,
But the tide is always bitter.
Perchance, my joy may burst forth?
But life is ever so cruel.

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2015 by Michael P Rosewall, (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, "Le Dauphin", written 1910, appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 19, first published 1911
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This text was added to the website: 2015-08-25
Line count: 4
Word count: 24