There are so many | There are so many who smoke cigarettes

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

Translation © by Feiyue (Queenie) Dai

Il y en a tant

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Il y en a tant qui fument des cigarettes 
pour passer le temps
pardonne à celui qui connaît la source neuve 
et sait encore l’heure où elle tarira

Note: the poem appeared in print in the form of a clock. See Poèmes publiés du vivant d'Apollinaire, 1901-1918 [Sorbonne, external site]

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, written 1914? [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), "Il y en a tant" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Laura Prichard [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-08-23
Line count: 4
Word count: 28

There are so many

Language: English after the French (Français)

There are so many who smoke cigarettes
to pass the time
forgive the one who knows the new spring
and still knows the time when it will dry up

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a text in French (Français) by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, written 1914?
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This text was added to the website: 2025-10-17
Line count: 4
Word count: 29