by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire
Mes pauvres yeux sont pleins de vous
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Mes pauvres yeux sont pleins de vous Comme un étang de clair de lune Et je vous prie à deux genoux O blonde qui paraissez brune
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Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Lettre-Poème", written 1903, appears in Le Guetteur mélancolique, in Poèmes à Yvonne, no. 3, Paris, Éd. posthume Gallimard, first published 1952 [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 Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "Mes pauvres yeux ", 1953, published 1991 [ voice and piano ], Éd. de l'AARC (Association des Amis de Robert Caby) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Luigi Cortese (1899 - 1976), "Lettre Poème", op. 36 no. 3 (1956), published 1959 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from 5 Poesie di Apollinaire da Le Guetteur Mélancolique, no. 3, Milan, Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2016-03-16
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Word count: 26