by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire
Carte postale
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Je t’écris de dessous la tente Tandis que meurt ce jour d’été Où floraison éblouissante Dans le ciel à peine bleuté Une canonnade éclatante Se fane avant d’avoir été
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Carte postale", written 1915, appears in Calligrammes - Poèmes de la paix et de la guerre, in 6. La tête étoilée, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Gallimard, first published 1918 [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), "Carte postale", 1945 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean Rivier (1896 - 1987), "Carte postale", 1929, published 1929 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois poèmes, no. 2, Éd. Maurice Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Postcard", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2017-02-01
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